Fundraiser for freed Hamas hostage Yarden Bibas reaches over $1.2 million within hours

A fundraising campaign for Hamas captivity survivor Yarden Bibas has raised over US$1.2 million in less than 24 hours. Read more

Bibas family among bodies to be handed back to Israel

Israel has confirmed the “heartbreaking” news that the bodies of two of the youngest hostages and their mother are being returned by Hamas from Gaza. Read more

Eli Bibas fears for lives of kidnapped son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren

“Ariel loves Batman. He drew a picture and asked his teacher to write on it, ‘I fly and save people who are stuck in a pit,’” Eli Bibas, whose son Yarden, daughter-in-law Shiri and grandsons, Ariel and Kfir were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas to Gaza, told JNS on Wednesday. Read more