[ad_1] A 10-month-old Israeli boy — the youngest hostage captured by Hamas — and his family have been handed off to another Palestinian terror group
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A 10-month-old Israeli boy — the youngest hostage captured by Hamas — and his family have been handed off to another Palestinian terror group in what one relative decried as “just more psychological torture.”
An Arabic spokesman for the Israel Defence Force, Avichay Adraee, revealed Monday night that the Bibas family, including infant Kfir, his 4-year-old brother, Ariel, and their parents, were being held captive in the southern city of Khan Younis following the disturbing move.
“In Hamas prison, infants under one-year-old who have not seen the light of day for more than 50 days are detained,” Adraee wrote in a post to X.
“Hamas treats them as if they were spoils and sometimes hands them over to other terrorist organisations in the Gaza Strip.
“For example, the Bibas family, the two red-haired children ‘The Reds,’ who were kidnapped from their home in Nir Oz by a member of the Hamas terrorist organisation and are being held in the Khan Yunis area by one of the Palestinian factions.”
Khan Younis, where the Bibas family is reportedly being held, is expected to be targeted by Israel once the temporary ceasefire expires, The Telegraph reported, raising speculation that Hamas strategically transferred the infant to the city as a means to extend the truce.
The four Bibas family members were among the 240 hostages taken by Hamas during the group’s deadly October 7 attack on Israel.
Video shared on social media showed kindergarten teacher Shiri Silberman-Bibas clutching her sons as the family was abducted.
The family, including husband and father Yarden Bibas, was bunkered down in a safe room when the terrorists descended.
The children’s aunt, Noah Abrahams, described the latest development in the family’s captivity as “just more psychological torture,” according to The Telegraph.
“We are experiencing moments of great uncertainty. The realisation that we will not get the hug we wished for leaves us speechless,” the family reportedly said in a statement.
On Monday, Israel and Hamas agreed to extend their temporary truce for two more days.
The extension will follow the same rules previously laid out for the initial four-day deal, meaning the terrorist group will release at least 20 more hostages in exchange for the additional two days of peace.
Hamas kidnapped about 240 people when it raided southern Israel on 7 October, and killed 1,200, most of them civilians, Israel says.
Hamas released 11 hostages on Monday, bringing the total released since Friday, when a pause in hostilities began, to 69. Israel has released 150 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in return.
The Israeli government says the truce could be extended if at least 10 Israelis are released daily, but it has also vowed to wipe out Hamas and insists the deal is only temporary.
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