Israeli Clings To Hope That Kidnapped Relatives, Including A Baby, Are Still Alive

TEL AVIV—Kfir Bibas is the most famous baby in the world. If he’s still alive. The red-haired tot was 9 months old when he was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, 2023, along with his parents, Yarden and Shiri Bibas, and his brother, Ariel, 4. He celebrated his first birthday, if he was still alive, in captivity on Jan. 18. He is, or was, the youngest hostage taken that day. His grandparents, Jose “Yossi” and Margit Silberman, were also victims. They disappeared during the attack. Their bodies were identified after being recovered two weeks later in Gaza. Shiri Bibas’s cousin, Yosi Shnaider, told The Epoch Times he learned they were hostages because Hamas put their images on social media that day....