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Fears for Bibas boys, 2 and 5, grow as youngest Hamas hostages are not named in latest list set for release TOMORROW

Baby Kfir has spent most of his life in captivity after being kidnapped at just nine months old

HAMAS has named the next three Israeli hostages set to be freed tomorrow, but there is still no sign of the Bibas brothers.

Eli Sharabi, 52, Ohad Ben Ami, 56, and Or Levy, 34, are expected to be handed over in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners in the latest ceasefire swap deal.

Portraits of Israeli hostages Or Levy, Eli Sharabi, and Ohad Ben Ami.
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Israeli hostages (L to R) Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami are set to be freed tomorrow in GazaCredit: AFP
Photo of an Israeli family wearing Batman pajamas.
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Yarden Bibas has been freed but there's still no sign on whether his children Ariel and Kfir will be releasedCredit: Pixel8000
Screengrab of a mother holding her two young sons, hostages in the Hamas attack on Israel.
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The boys were last seen wrapped in their mum's arms as the frightened family was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7Credit: Ian Whittaker
Hamas fighters escorting a released Israeli hostage.
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Yarden Bibas was already freed by HamasCredit: AFP

Sharabi and Ben Ami were both kidnapped from Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the hardest-hit communities in the brutal October 7 attack.

Or Levy’s nightmare, meanwhile, began at the Nova music festival, where Hamas militants stormed the site, killing hundreds.

He and his wife, Eynav, fled and hid in a bomb shelter—only he was taken alive.

Her body was later found inside the shelter.

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Fears are now growing as Ariel, five, and Kfir Bibas, two, still haven't been named to be freed since the fragile ceasefire deal began on January 19.

The boys were kidnapped alongside their parents from Kibbutz Nir Oz during Hamas' October 7 bloodbath.

Kfir was only 9 months old when he was barbarically kidnapped and forced to spend the majority of his life as a hostage. 

Their mum, Shiri Bibas, and the children were last seen alive in a video being marched through Gaza by gunmen.

In November, Hamas claimed Shiri and her sons had been killed in an Israeli airstrike — a statement Israel’s military said it could not verify at the time.

They are currently the only known Israeli minors still unaccounted for in Gaza.

Photo of 9-month-old Kfir Bibas, a hostage in the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
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Kfir is the youngest Hamas hostage after being kinapped at just nine months oldCredit: Ian Whittaker
Young boy playing with a game.
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Kfir and his brother Ariel (pictured) are the only known Israeli minors still unaccounted for in GazaCredit: Ian Whittaker

Their dad, Yarden Bibas, was in the latest group of hostages to be released a few days ago.

He was reportedly separated from his wife and sons and held in a different location.

Yarden, 34, was released alongside two others after being held for 484 days - but his family is still "incomplete" with no sign of his captured wife and young sons.

In their first statement since the dad's release, the family said : “A quarter of our heart has returned to us after 15 long months.

"There are no words to describe the relief of holding Yarden in our hands, embracing him and hearing his voice.

"Yarden has returned home but the home remains incomplete."

They added that despite the father's safe return he has come back to an "unbearable reality" without his sons.

Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari previously said that the IDF is “very concerned and worried” about the condition of the Bibas children and their mother.

Baby Kfir turned two in captivity in January.

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Across Israel, posters of the red-haired toddler clutching his pink elephant have become a painful symbol of the hostage crisis.

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