The IDF released Monday evening footage it found of members of the Bibas family being taken hostage to Gaza alive on Oct. 7.
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IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a live briefing that the footage recovered showed Shiri Bibas, 32, and her two young children, four-year-old Ariel and Kfir, the nine months old, in Khan Younis in the first days of the war.
Video: Shiri Bibas and her children being moved to a different location in Khan Younis several days after Oct. 7 / Credit: IDF Spokespersons' Unit
The father, Yarden Bibas, 34, too was taken hostage. The children, both red-heads, have since become a symbol of the movement to release the hostages.
Their family members saw the footage ahead of time and said that "Hamas is solely responsible for the safety of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir."
As part of its psychological warfare, Hamas earlier said that Shiri, Ariel and Kfir were killed in an Israeli airstrike and published a video of Yarden heartbroken over the news of their alleged deaths.
Israel has said that it has found no evidence yet that Shiri, Ariel and Kfir had indeed been killed, although Hagari reiterated several times during the briefing that they were "very concerned" over the family's fate.
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