The family of Israeli hostage released over the weekend has been asked for information about the fate of his wife and children.
Yarden Bibas, 34, was Posted on Saturday Together with two other hostages that Hamas holds in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, as part of the Gaza Partle Agreement.
His wife Shiri and two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, also abducted Hamas during the attack on October 7, 2023.
Hamas claimed in November 2023 that they had been killed in an Israeli air strike without giving evidence. The Israeli army did not confirm the report.
Shiri’s sister Dana Silberman-Sitton told reporters at Sheba Hospital in Central Israel that the family no longer “accepted uncertainty”.
“We require answers. We demand them back,” she added, as she accused the situation of “not protecting” her family.
Shiri (33), two -year -old Kfir and Ariel, five, were appointed with Yarden on the list of 33 Israeli hostages, which will be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners during the first phase of the trial agreement, which will last six weeks.
However, last month, a loud spokesman for the Israeli army said it was “extremely concerned” for their well -being.
Kfir was only nine months old when he was abducted, the youngest of the 251 hostages taken by Hamas.
“The state has been declining for almost 16 months to bring them home,” said Mrs. Silberman-Sitton.
“It is the responsibility of the Government and the state on Shiri, Ariel and Kfir, to Yarden, me and our whole family and all the citizens of Israel,” she added.
Ofri Bibas Levy, Yarden’s sister, she added, “My brother returned, but my sister’s mother -in -law and nephews are not. Yarden asks about them and I have no answer to him.”
Gal Hirsch, a Government hostage coordinator, said on Saturday “we have been looking for them for a long time” and seeking “information about their condition from the mediator.”
A spokesman for the Israeli government said on January 27 that eight of the remaining 26 hostages were to be released during the first phase of the tribute agreement, citing a list of Hamas who coincided with Israeli intelligence.
He said their families were notified but did not name them.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog described the return of Mr. Bibas as “simply heartbroken”, saying that his country remained “deeply worried” because of their destiny.
The Israeli-American Keith Siegel and the French-Israeli Ofer Kalderon were the other two hostages held by the Hamas released on Saturday.
So far, 13 Israeli hostages have been published since the beginning of the ceasefire. Hamas also liberated five Thai hostages, but not as part of the agreement with Israel.
Hamas took about 251 hostages when he attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people.
Israel responded to a 15-month military offensive in which 47,460 Palestinians were killed, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, and devastated the Coast enclave.
