The people of Israel accepted them on their last trip, crossing the many funeral route for the family that became Emblematic trauma of the earth After October 7, 2023, an attack.
Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, were abducted during the attack led by Hamas to southern Israel, taken to Gaza and killed in captivity, according to Israeli authorities. On Wednesday, in the midst of the national outburst of solidarity and sadness, they were buried under the blue sky, not far from the border community in which they lived and from which they were taken away.
Through 16 months of fear and uncertainty over their destinies, Bibaza has become a symbol of many Israelites, both tragedies that were killed that October, when about 1,200 people were killed and about 250 were abducted in Gaza, but also a widespread sense of abandonment. The army failed to adhere to them and the government failed to bring them to many other hostages, on time.
Mrs. Bibas was 32 years old when she was abducted. Ariel was 4 years old and Kfir, the youngest hood, had not been 9 months old. Yarden Bibas, Shiri’s husband and the father of two red-haired boys were abducted separately during the attack, which started from the 15-month war in Israel in Gaza, where he killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and left most of the endlamps in the ruins.
Mr. Bibas he was returned to Israel Alive earlier this month as part of the Gaza Fire Agreement. The remains of Mrs. Bibas and the children were returned to Israel last week. After forensic trials, the chief pathologist of Israeli Israeli rejected Hamas’s claims that they were killed in the Israeli air attack, although no evidence was published, in accordance with the request of a privacy family.
By saying his family, Mr. Bibas apologized for not being able to protect them. “Ariel, I hope you don’t get angry with me for not managing to protect you properly and I wasn’t there for you,” he said, adding, “Kfir, I’m sorry I didn’t protect you better.”
“Shiri, everyone knows and loves us – you can’t imagine how much all this is crazy,” he said. He added, “This is the closest I’ve been to you since October 7th and I can’t kiss you or hug you.”
Ofri Bibas, sister of Yarden Bibasa, touched the popular anger and a government request to enable an independent investigation into the omission of October 7th and accepted responsibility.
“There is no point in forgiveness before the failures are explored and all officials take responsibility,” she said in her eulogy. “Our disaster as a nation and as a family should not have happened and should no longer be repeated.”
Government officials have been asked to be kept away from private burial. A few days ago, ofi Bibas criticized the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, because he did not apologize to the family.
In the second eulogy of the grave, Dana Silberman Sitton, Shiri’s sister, said, “I want to ask your forgiveness on behalf of our leadership and army that was not there that day and who took so long to bring you back to your homeland.”
The crowds also gathered on the central plateau in Tel Aviv, which is now known as a hostage square to watch the live stream of the ealogies on the big screen. Some were wrapped in Israeli flags. Some wore an orange to remember the red -haired children. Others held the orange balloons of the sublime and then released them into the sky.
Maia Szryftman, 53, came from Nahariya, on the northern border of Israel, to express the support of family and be part of public pouring. “The heart hurts for two children, for the whole family,” she said.
Yael Koren, 44, said she came to the Square “Being a Man.”
“I believe we make us stronger together,” she said.
She showed a picture on her cellphone picture her son, for almost 7 years, attracted a boy who was abducted. She said that her children’s school sent memors home about answering their questions about children from Bibas.
“But you can’t explain it,” she said.
