Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered along highways in a solemn display of mourning as the bodies of a mother and her two young sons, victims of the recent conflict in the Gaza Strip, were transported for burial. The Bibas family's tragic story has become a symbol of the deep sorrow felt across Israel following the attack by Hamas militants that sparked the war.
Shiri Bibas, along with her sons 9-month-old Kfir and 4-year-old Ariel, was captured by militants and taken to Gaza. Israel has confirmed through forensic evidence that the boys were killed by their captors in November 2023, while Hamas claims they died in an Israeli airstrike. The family's bodies were returned as part of a ceasefire agreement, with the heartbreaking revelation that one of the bodies initially identified was not Shiri's.
