Israeli hostage’s household demand solutions over destiny of his spouse and youngsters

The household of an Israeli hostage freed over the weekend have made a plea for info over the destiny of his spouse and youngsters.

Yarden Bibas, 34, was launched on Saturday together with two different hostages being held by Hamas in alternate for 183 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, as a part of the Gaza ceasefire deal.

His spouse Shiri and two younger sons, Ariel and Kfir, had been additionally kidnapped by Hamas through the 7 October 2023 assault.

Hamas claimed in November 2023 they’d been killed in an Israeli air strike, with out offering proof. The Israeli navy has not confirmed the report.

Shiri’s sister Dana Silberman-Sitton instructed reporters on the Sheba hospital in central Israel the household would “not settle for uncertainty”.

“We demand solutions. We demand them again,” she added, as she accused the state of “failing to guard” her household.

Shiri, 33, two-year-old Kfir and Ariel, 5, had been named together with Yarden on the checklist of 33 Israeli hostages to be launched in alternate for Palestinian prisoners through the first part of the ceasefire deal, which is to final six weeks.

Nonetheless, final month the Israeli navy’s chief spokesman stated it was “extraordinarily involved” about their welfare.

Kfir was solely 9 months outdated when he was kidnapped, the youngest of the 251 hostages taken by Hamas.

“The state has been failing for nearly 16 months to convey them dwelling,” Ms Silberman-Sitton stated.

“It is the accountability of the federal government and the state to Shiri, Ariel and Kfir, to Yarden, to me and our total household, and to all of the residents of Israel,” she added.

Ofri Bibas Levy, Yarden’s sister, added: “My brother returned, however my sister in-law and nephews haven’t. Yarden asks about them and I’ve no solutions for him.”

Gal Hirsch, the federal government’s hostage coordinator, stated on Saturday “we’ve been looking for them for a very long time” and demanding “details about their situation from the mediators”.

An Israeli authorities spokesman stated on 27 January that eight of the remaining 26 hostages attributable to be launched through the first part of the ceasefire deal had been useless, citing a listing acquired from Hamas that matched with Israeli intelligence.

He stated their households had been knowledgeable however didn’t identify them.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog described Mr Bibas’s return as “merely heartbreaking”, saying his nation remained “deeply involved” about their destiny.

Israeli-American Keith Siegel and French-Israeli Ofer Kalderon had been the opposite two hostages held by Hamas who had been launched on Saturday.

To date, the 13 Israeli hostages launched because the begin of the ceasefire have all been alive. 5 Thai hostages have additionally been freed by Hamas, however not as a part of the settlement with Israel.

Some 251 hostages had been taken by Hamas when it attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 individuals.

Israel responded with a 15-month navy offensive that killed 47,460 Palestinians, in line with Gaza’s Hamas-run well being ministry, and devastated the coastal enclave.