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The IDF found a security video showing Shiri Bibas and her children alive in captivity in Gaza, kidnapped by terrorists and detained by a group called Kataib Mujahadin. The family responded, calling for their immediate return and condemning the kidnapping as a crime against humanity. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to bring the kidnappers to justice.
Hamas's armed wing, Al-Qassam Brigades, announced that a 10-month-old boy, his four-year-old brother, and their mother, who were kidnapped by Hamas, were killed in previous Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military is checking the claim, and the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been extended for another day. The Bibas family had issued an urgent plea for the immediate release of their missing child, Kfir, before the Hamas claim. During the six-day ceasefire, 97 Israeli and foreign hostages were released by Hamas, while 210 Palestinians were freed from Israeli prisons.
The Israeli military has spoken with the Bibas family after Hamas claimed that three members of the family, including two children, were killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Defense Forces are examining the reliability of the information, and CBS News could not independently verify the claim. The Bibas family is waiting for the information to be confirmed or refuted by military officials. The Bibas children were seized during Hamas raids in October, and their release has become a rallying point for demands to release all remaining hostages. Hamas has previously claimed that hostages it was holding were killed by Israeli airstrikes, but has yet to provide proof.