'Truly devastating': Bodies of Bibas children among latest hostages released by Hamas

The Bibas children were the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their 2023 attack and among the most potent symbols of the trauma inflicted that day

Kfir and Ariel Bibas. Picture: Hostages Family Forum/AP

Israel is bracing itself for the return of the bodies of the Bibas children — Ariel and Kfir — who were abducted along with their parents from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas on October 7.

Ariel was four when the family was abducted at Kibbutz Nir Oz, while Kfir was six-months-old. They were the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in its 2023 attack and among the most potent symbols of the trauma inflicted that day.