The Government decreed two days of national mourning for the death of the Bibas family as hostages of Hamas

The Government declared National Duel For the term of two days from February 23, 2025in tribute to Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Silberman Bibas, deceased while they were kept in captivity by the terrorist organization Hamas. The measure was formalized through Decree 118/2025, published in the Official Gazette This Monday morning. On October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out an attack against the state of Israel, where in addition to having committed murders, hundreds of civilians were taken hostage. Among the victims, the family was Bibascomposed of Yarden, Shiri and his children Ariel and Kfir, whose bodies were delivered in the last week after the agreement reached between Israel and Hamas for the exchange of prisoners and hostages. The decree details that, within the framework of this cessation of hostilities , Yarden was released on February 1, 2025. However, on February 19, the Israeli authorities reported the death of Shiri and his children while they were in captivity.ariel Bibas, 5, along with his brother, Kfir Bibas, nine months Together with his mother the Argentine government expressed his solidarity with the state of Israel and with the victims, and demanded the liberation of all civilians still held by Hamas. Likewise, it was reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Cult will transmit official condolences to affected families. In compliance with the decree, During the days of grieving the national flag will remain raised at half -mast in all public buildings in the country. The measure seeks to honor the memory of the victims and express the registered of the Argentine people before the events that occurred. The father of the family, the Israeli-Argentine Yarden Bibas-who was kidnapped by Hamas in Gaza-was released in Gaza-was released last 1 February in the framework of the first phase of the truce with which the terrorist group delivered 33 hostages. “They are still there. My light is still there and, while they are still there, everything here will remain dark, Help me bring back to my life (…) Prime Minister Netanyahu, now I address you with my own words, that nobody dictated to me: Go back to my family, return me to my friends, bring everyone back home, ” The man who survived more than a captive year said. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/Dpailia Yefimovich – Dpahamas had communicated in November 2023 that Shiri and her children died in an Israeli bombing. However, Israel never confirmed this version, which maintained the hope that they could be released, as happened with Yarden. The photos of the Bibas brothers have appeared in posters, pamphlets and shirts in demonstrations that the Bibas family has carried out in Tel Aviv and other cities to cry for their release and those of the other hostages of Hamas. On the morning of October 7, the father of the family, Yarden Bibas (34), sent a text message to his sister Offi to let him know that They were attacking the Kibuz Nir Oz -where they lived-, border with the Gaza Strip. It was 6.30 (local time) and missiles fell. Later, in another message he told him that terrorists had entered the Kibutz and that there were terrible fighting. The terrorists were every time closer to the door of the Bibas family house. It was at that moment that Yarden thought the end was coming. That's why he wrote to his sister “I love you”, and at 9.45 The last text message arrived: “They are already inside”The last image of the Bibas family was a video in which you see Shiri Bibas retained by terrorists. The very distressing images show it with His two children in his arms covered by a blanket and a terror look while armed attackers surrounded her. She could not hide despair while crying baffled.