The funeral procession of former Hamas hostages Shiri Bibas and her two young sons drew thousands of people in Israel Wednesday. They were taken at Nir Oz kibbutz during the October 7, 2023 Hamas ...

Footage of a terrified Shiri Bibas clutching her two sons — 9-month-old Kfir and 4-year-old Ariel — as they were taken to Gaza by militants is seared into the country's collective memory.

RISHON LETZION, Israel — Ever since Shiri Bibas, 32, and her sons Ariel and Kfir, ages 4 and nine months, were taken hostage to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023, Israelis hoped they would be freed alive.

On Friday, Hamas handed over a coffin carrying Shiri Bibas’ remains to the Red Cross, which turned the coffin over to Israeli authorities. She was positively identified on Saturday morning.

Shiri Bibas' husband, Yarden Bibas, was taken separately and released by Hamas on Feb. 1 as part of the ceasefire agreement. Israel’s military said Ariel and Kfir were “brutally murdered in ...

Footage of a terrified Shiri Bibas clutching her two sons — 9-month-old Kfir and 4-year-old Ariel — as they were taken to Gaza by militants is seared into the country's collective memory.

Israeli soldiers salute as the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, pass by near Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.

Footage of a terrified Shiri Bibas clutching her two sons — 9-month-old Kfir and 4-year-old Ariel — as they were taken to Gaza by militants is seared into the country's collective memory.

Tens of thousands of Israelis have lined highways as the bodies of a mother and her two sons who were killed in the Gaza Strip were taken for burial.