TWO hostages have been released by gun-toting Hamas terrorists as fears grow for the young Bibas brothers.
Their dad Yarden Bibas has finally been freed this morning after 484 days in captivity.
Ofer Kalderon, held hostage in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, is released by Hamas[/caption]
Hamas thugs stand guard ahead of the handover of hostages[/caption]
Yarden Bibas has been freed but there’s still no sign on whether his children Ariel and Kfir will be released[/caption]
He and Ofer Calderon were handed over to the Red Cross in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis.
American-Israeli Keith Samuel Siegel is also set to be freed today as part of the fragile ceasefire deal with Israel.
But fears are growing for Yarden’s sons Kfir, aged two, and Ariel, five, and his wife, Shiri.
The boys were kidnapped alongside their parents from Kibbutz Nir Oz during Hamas’ October 7 bloodbath.
The children and their mum were last seen alive in a video being marched through Gaza by gunmen.
In November, Hamas claimed Shiri and her sons had been killed in an Israeli airstrike — a statement Israel’s military said it could not verify at the time.
Their dad, Yarden, was reportedly separated from them and held in a different location.
Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said earlier this month that the IDF is “very concerned and worried” about the condition of the Bibas children and their mother.
Baby Kfir turned two in captivity in January.
Across Israel, posters of the red-haired toddler clutching his pink elephant have become a painful symbol of the hostage crisis.
