The head of a small terrorist group of Gaza responsible for October 7, 2023, kidnapping and possible murders of several hostages, of which Shiri Bibas And her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Saturday, the army said. Another senior member was killed in a separate strike in the city.
Asaad Abu Sharia was at the head of the Mujahide brigades, a relatively small terrorist group of Hamas in the enclave, while Mahmoud Kaheel was one of his main agents. The brigades confirmed that the two had been killed.
“The new one represents another step for us to close the circle and the process of accepting the big loss,” said the Bibas family in a press release that followed the news, adding: “Shiri, Ariel and Kfir will not come back, but there is a certain comfort to know that the murderous viles will not harm another family.”
Shiri Bibas, Yarden Bibas, and their two Roussée sons, Ariel, 4, and Kfir, a baby who was only nine months old at the time of the attack, was kidnapped from their house in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, when thousands of terrorists led by Hamas took the southern Israel to kill 1,200 people and take 251 hosts, Sparking The pavement of Gaza.
(On the left) Mahmoud Kaheel and (right) Asaad Abu Sharia of the Mujahideen brigades, an allied terrorist group of Hamas in Gaza. (IDF)
In February, during the Agreement on the temporary ceasefire of Israel with Hamas, Yarden Bibas was released on February 1. The terrorist group then released the bodies of Ariel and Kfir Bibas alongside the body of the Oded Liffhitz, and an unidentified Gaza woman who, according to them, was Shiri Bibas. After Israel protested, Hamas has handed over Shiri’s body.
IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari said the boys’ kidnappers murdered them in November 2023 “in cold blood” and “with bare hands” and committed atrocities to hide the evidence – unlike the claim of Hamas that the boys and their mother were killed on an Israeli air track. Hagari added that Marden Bibas had asked him to make sure that the world knows “is horrified by the way his children were murdered”.
Shiri, KFIR and Ariel Bibas (Forum of hostage families)
Israeli defense forces said that in addition to the Bibas family, the brigades have also kidnapped and murdered Gadi Haggai and Judih Weinsteinas well as Thai hostage Nattapong Pinta. The soldiers recovered the bodies of Haggai and Weinstein of Gaza on Wednesday evening, while the Pinta body was sent on Saturday.
Haggai and Weinstein, 72 and 70, were a married couple who held American citizenship. They were murdered during their morning walk near Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023 and their death was confirmed by the army in December of the same year.
A photo not dated from Judih Weinstein and Gadi Haggai (courtesy)
Pinta, 31, was kidnapped alive by Nir Oz, where he worked as agricultural and murdered in captivity. He was one of the approximately 30 Thai nationals working in agriculture in Israel which was kidnapped on October 7.
He moved to Israel a year and a half before the assault to work on the lawyer and pomegranate and support his wife and young son in Thailand.
The Thai agricultural worker Nattapong Pinta (left), who was taken hostage by terrorists on October 7, 2023 of Kibbutz Nir Oz, is seen with his wife and son in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
The Palestinian media reported more than 30 dead in the strike in the Sabra district which killed Sharia law Abu. The strike that killed Kaheel also killed his wife, children and other family members, said the terrorist group.
According to the FDI, Abu Sharia invaded Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023 led by Hamas and was “directly involved” in the abductions and murders of civilians, including members of the Bibas family.
The FDI said that Abu Sharia was also behind various attacks in the band and directed attacks on Israel in the West Bank.
Terrorist groups of the Gaza Strip now hold 56 hostages, including 55 of the 251 kidnapped by terrorists led by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
They include bodies of at least 33 dead confirmed by the IDF. It is believed that 20 others are alive, while there are serious concerns for the well-being of three others, have said Israeli officials.
