The hellish terror the Bibas family suffered shows why there is no alternative.

Masked men with rifles abducted Shiri, 32, Ariel, 4, and Kfir, a mere 9 months old, on Oct. 7, 2023. A video shows stark anguish and terror in Shiri’s eyes as she held her boys wrapped in a blanket while Gaza thugs dragged them into captivity.

The three — especially Kfir, a baby! — became symbols of Hamas terror and brutality. Many hoped they would return alive. But more than 500 days after their abduction, Hamas sent them back in black coffins.

Hamas claimed that in November 2023, Israeli bombs had killed Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir. But Israeli forensic experts revealed the cruel truth. The IDF announced:

Contrary to Hamas’s lies, Ariel and Kfir were not killed in an airstrike. Ariel and Kfir Bibas were murdered in cold blood by terrorists ... The terrorists did not shoot the two young boys — they killed them with their bare hands. Afterward, they committed horrific acts to cover up these atrocities.

It later came out that Hamas used rocks to mutilate their bodies and make it appear like they died in an airstrike.

These are depraved killers — sadists who strangle little children with their bare hands and then bludgeon and disfigure their bodies.

After the Bibas family and another Israeli victim came home in coffins, Prime Minister Netanyahu cited Psalm 94:1, then expressed the nation’s grief and anger:

Every home in Israel bows its head today. We bow our heads for the heavy loss of our four hostages. We all ache with a pain that is mixed with rage. We are all enraged at the monsters of Hamas. ...

Our hearts are broken, but our spirits are not broken. And with this spirit: We will return all our hostages, destroy the murderers, eliminate Hamas, and together — with God's help — we will secure our future.

Together, let’s call on Speaker Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune to pass House and Senate resolutions endorsing Trump’s Gaza proposal.

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Chairman
Christians in Defense of Israel

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Sources:

Eglash, Ruth Marks. “Israel Remains Focused on Destroying Hamas despite Ceasefire Calls: ‘No Other Option.’” Fox News, October 21, 2023. Foxnews.com/world/israel-remains-focused-destroying-hamas-despite-ceasefire-calls-no-other-option.

‌“Netanyahu: ‘The Blood of Our Loved Ones Cries out to Us.’” Israel National News, February 20, 2025. Israelnationalnews.com/news/404237.

“Statement by PM Netanyahu.” Prime Minister’s Office, February 20, 2025. Gov.il/en/pages/event-back200225.