Kfir Bibas was 9 months old and his older brother, Ariel, 4 years old when they were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, with their mother, Shiri, holding them tightly in her arms. Oded Lifshitz was 84, a retired journalist and peace activist.
Today, the 4 hostages are returning, not to live, but to be buried in the land of Israel. The Israeli citizens, after continuing to hope for 503 days, are faced with the saddest picture of their own people.
An entire country was shocked on 7.10.23 by the photo of Shiri Bibas (32) hugging her two red-haired sons, 9-month-old Kfir and 4-year-old Ariel, as they were surrounded in Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas terrorists who were leading them to captivity in Gaza. Oded Lifshitz was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz.
The heart of a society today is shattered when the news is confirmed that a mother with her two children and an elderly man were kidnapped, held, tortured and murdered by cruel terrorists. A society that stands united, respectfully in front of the Israeli flag-draped coffins of its own children. Our own children!!!
Athens, 20 February 2025
Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece