Israel Says Hamas Killed Little Ariel, Kfir Bibas with ‘Bare Hands’

Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip killed brothers Ariel and Kfir Bibas only weeks after they were kidnapped during the terrorists’ Oct. 7, 2023, rampage into southern Israel.

A forensic examination of Ariel, 4, and 10-month-old Kfir, showed they weren’t killed in a later airstrike as the Palestinian militants claimed, officials with the IDF said Friday, February 21. 

Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, an IDF spokesman, said Hamas killed the two “in cold blood.” “The terrorists did not shoot the two young boys; they killed them with their bare hands,” Adm. Hagari said in a televised statement.

“Afterwards, [Hamas] committed horrific acts to cover these atrocities.” Kfir was 9 months old when the family, including father Yarden and mother Shiri, were abducted at Kibbutz Nir Oz, one of a string of communities near Gaza overrun by Hamas-led attackers. 

IDF officials said they made the conclusion based on forensic findings from the identification process and intelligence they gathered since the start of the war with Hamas.

“We have shared these findings, intelligence and forensic, with our partners around the globe so that they can verify it, and that the entire world will know exactly how the Hamas terrorist organization operates,” Adm. Hagari said. (WT/VFI News)

“Our Heavenly Father, we pray for Yarden Bibas who has lost his whole family during the war and continues to face unimaginable difficulties and revelations. We lift him up to you and we pray in Yeshua’s name that You comfort Him and give Him peace. We know that You are close to the brokenhearted and we pray that You do not let such atrocities bear their mark on the victims but the terrorists.”