Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, urged the international body to take a strong stance against the Hamas terror group after the Israeli Defense Forces revealed that two young children, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, were killed while in captivity. Additionally, it was disclosed that the body returned to Israel was not that of their mother, Shiri, as originally expected.
“There are no words that can describe such an atrocity. Hamas not only murdered Ariel and Kfir Bibas in cold blood – a four-year-old boy and a ten-month-old baby – but continues to violate every basic moral value even after their death,” Danon stated.
“Instead of returning Shiri, the mother of Kfir and Ariel, Hamas returned an unidentified body, as if it were a worthless shipment. This is a new low, an evil and cruelty with no parallel,” he continued.
“The UN Secretary-General, the Security Council and the General Assembly cannot continue to remain silent in the face of Hamas’s barbarity. The State of Israel demands a clear and unequivocal condemnation of this heinous crime, and a clear and an immediate demand for the return of Shiri to her family,” Danon insisted.
“History will remember well who stood by and remained silent while Hamas trampled on the most basic principles of humanity,” he remarked.
Ariel, who was just four years old, and Kfir, who was only ten months, were taken from their home in Nir Oz along with their mother, Shiri Bibas.
Yarden Bibas, their father, had previously been taken by Hamas while attempting to protect his family before their abduction. Yarden returned as part of a deal that led to the release of the hostages on February 1, 2025.
{Matzav.com}