{"id":2111650,"date":"2023-11-29T20:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T01:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-assessing-hamas-claim-that-youngest-hostage-and-family-members-have-been-killed\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T21:06:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T02:06:12","slug":"israel-assessing-hamas-claim-that-youngest-hostage-and-family-members-have-been-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-assessing-hamas-claim-that-youngest-hostage-and-family-members-have-been-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel is evaluating Hamas&#8217; assertion of the death of the youngest hostage and their family"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-assessing-hamas-claim-that-youngest-hostage-and-family-members-have-been-killed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2111650&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soft teddy bears with their eyes covered and showing signs of injury are displayed to highlight the young children and babies \u2064currently missing, believed to be\u2062 being held hostage, by Hamas, on October 25, 2023 in Tel\u200d Aviv, Israel. As \u2064Israel seems poised to invade the Gaza Strip in its campaign to vanquish Hamas, the Palestinian militant \u2064group that launched a deadly attack in southern Israel on October 7th, worries are\u200c growing of a wider \u200bwar with multiple fronts, including at the country\u2019s northern\u2063 border with Lebanon. Countries have scrambled to evacuate their citizens from Israel, and Israel\u200c has begun relocating residents some \u200ccommunities on its northern\u200c border.\u2064 Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of residents of northern Gaza have\u2062 fled to the southern part \u200dof the territory, following Israel\u2019s vow to launch\u2064 a ground invasion. (Photo by Leon Neal\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>5:50 PM \u2062\u2013 Wednesday, November 29, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that\u200b it was evaluating a Hamas claim that the youngest Israeli \u200chostage, 10-month-old Kfir Bibas, his brother and his mother were killed during an \u2063Israeli airstrike in Gaza.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the terror group Hamas made a claim, without providing evidence, that 10-month-old Kfir Bibas had been murdered alongside \u200chis 4-year-old brother, Ariel, and their mother, Shiri, in an \u200dIsraeli airstrike in Gaza prior to the truce that began six \u2064days ago. <\/p>\n<p>The three Israelis have been held hostage in Gaza by Hamas \u200csince the start of\u200c the war on October 7<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Israel says it&#8217;s assessing Hamas claim\u200b that the youngest\u2063 hostage &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-michigan-house-member-files-to-impeach-governor-gretchen-whitmer\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Michigan House Member Files to Impeach Governor Gretchen Whitmer\">family members<\/a> are no longer alive, allegedly killed by Israeli strikes.  Analysts feel this as psychological warfare to stretch \u2063Israeli govt to release more Palestinian prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>Talks underway to extend PAUSE\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AQ2zbmg1tB\">pic.twitter.com\/AQ2zbmg1tB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kiztv7NewsRoom (@kiztv7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kiztv7\/status\/1729974857121628345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Al-Qassam \u2064Brigades, \u200dHamas\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/palestinian-terrorists-issue-death-threat-on-american-reformer-as-biden-admin-seeks-closer-ties\/\" title=\"Palestinian Terrorists Issue Death Threat on American Reformer as Biden Admin Seeks Closer Ties\">armed wing<\/a>, made an announcement saying that the three Israeli hostages were killed in an Israeli bombardment. They have yet to provide evidence of their deaths.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF\u2062 stated that it was assessing Hamas\u2019 \u2062claim. \u2064However, relatives of the three Israeli hostages said that they\u200c were \u201cwaiting for \u200bthe \u200dnews to be confirmed or hopefully refuted\u2063 soon\u201d about their family members.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cDuring the \u200dHamas massacre of October 7<sup>th<\/sup>, the Bibas family, including 10-month-old Kfir Bibas, his \u200c4-year-old brother Ariel Bibas, and their\u200c mother Shiri \u200cBibas, were kidnapped alive\u200c into Gaza,\u201d the IDF said in a statement. \u201cThe barbarism and cruelty of Hamas is on full display to the \u2063world. IDF representatives spoke with the Bibas family following the recent reports and are with \u2064them at this difficult time. The IDF is assessing the accuracy of the information.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHamas is wholly\u2063 responsible\u2064 for the security \u2062of \u2064all hostages in the Gaza \u2062Strip. Hamas must be held accountable. Hamas\u2019 actions continue to endanger the hostages,\u200b which include nine children. Hamas \u200bmust immediately release our hostages,\u201d the IDF added. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During an interview with <em>Israel\u2019s Channel 12<\/em>, Shiri\u2019s cousin, Jimmy Miller, stated that the IDF had\u2063 alerted the family of Hamas\u2019 allegations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHamas took them alive, Hamas is the one responsible \u200bfor their health, and Hamas needs to return them back to us alive. We don\u2019t care if they transfer \u200bthem to someone else, or to another entity, they are exclusively responsible to bring\u200c them back to us alive and well,\u201d \u2062Miller \u2062said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Bibas family made a statement regarding their family \u2064members who have been held\u2062 hostage. The statement was provided by \u2063the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOur family is \u2064updated on the \u2063latest Hamas publication. We are waiting for the news to \u200cbe \u2062confirmed or hopefully refuted soon by military officials,\u201d said the Bibas family. \u201cWe thank the people of Israel for the warm embrace but ask to maintain our privacy at this\u2064 complex\u2062 time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes after Hamas stated that they are willing to lengthen the truce for four additional days. They claim that this would allow them time to locate and release more Israeli hostages held by other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actblue-facilitating-donations-to-terror-tied-charity-legal-group-says\/\" title=\"ActBlue Facilitating Donations to Terror-Tied Charity, Legal Group Says\">terror organizations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The deadly conflict between \u200cIsrael and Hamas, which was\u2063 sparked by the terrorists\u2019 October 7<sup>th<\/sup> massacring of 1,200 Israelis, is\u2064 scheduled to end early\u200b on Thursday following\u2063 a \u2062six-day ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>Ten  <\/p>\n<h2> What\u2062 is the possible motive behind Hamas making claims about the murder of the infant hostage, and how might it\u2063 impact \u2062the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The Hamas Terror \u2062Group Claims Murder of \u200cInfant Hostage in Israeli Airstrike<\/p>\n<p>On November 29, 2023, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it was evaluating a \u2062claim made\u2063 by the terror group Hamas regarding \u200cthe murder of\u200d the youngest Israeli hostage, 10-month-old Kfir Bibas, his\u200d brother, and his mother during\u2062 an Israeli airstrike\u2062 in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas made this claim without providing any evidence to support their statement. According to the group, the three Israelis were killed prior \u200bto the truce that began six days ago. These hostages had been held by Hamas in Gaza since the start of the war on October 7th.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the claim,\u200c the IDF stated that it was assessing the situation but had yet to confirm or refute Hamas&#8217; claims.\u200b The relatives\u2063 of the hostages expressed their anticipation for the news to be confirmed or hopefully refuted soon.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst this ongoing conflict, numerous countries have taken measures to evacuate \u2063their citizens from Israel. The fear of a wider war looms, with concerns rising\u2063 about multiple fronts, including the country&#8217;s northern border with\u200d Lebanon. Israel has also started relocating \u200cresidents from communities near its northern border.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the\u200d Gaza Strip, hundreds of thousands of residents from the northern region have fled to the southern part of \u2062the territory due to Israel&#8217;s vow to launch a ground invasion.<\/p>\n<p>This latest claim from Hamas demonstrates the continued tension and violence in the region. The IDF, Hamas&#8217;s armed wing, \u2062has yet to provide evidence \u200cof the deaths of the Israeli hostages. However, the IDF condemned the actions of Hamas, stating that &#8220;the barbarism and cruelty&#8221; of the group were evident to the world.<\/p>\n<p>Psychological warfare is also believed to be at play,\u2064 with analysts suggesting that Hamas is attempting to stretch the Israeli government into releasing more Palestinian prisoners by making\u2064 such claims.<\/p>\n<p>As the situation unfolds, the international \u2064community watches closely, hoping for a resolution and an end to the violence that \u200dhas displaced and affected countless lives. Only time will tell how this latest development will \u2063impact the ongoing conflict between Israel\u2062 and Hamas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soft teddy bears, their eyes covered and injured, are exhibited in Tel Aviv, Israel, to draw attention to the missing young children and babies believed to be held hostage by Hamas. With Israel on the brink of invading the Gaza Strip to defeat Hamas, tensions escalate in their campaign on October 25, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2368,"featured_media":2111651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2111650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2368"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2111650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2111651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2111650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2111650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2111650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}