Israel's Shiri Bibas: Unwitting Face Of Hostages

A relative of Shiri Bibas, an Israeli woman kidnaped during the October 7 attack, holds a snapshot of her and one of her two boys (Credit: AFP)

Poignant images of an anguished Shiri Bibas clutching her two red-headed boys as she was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 have turned her into the face of the Israeli hostages seized that day.

But friends and relatives of the 32-year-old say the unassuming woman they know and love would have been ill-at-ease at being thrust into the spotlight, in footage shot and aired by Hamas militants.