As Israel invites some captives home, households of 3 ladies– Shiri Bibas (with her 2 kids), Judy Weinstein-Haggai, and Inbar Haiman– still await their return or stays, declining to quit hope
As Israel invites home 3 more captives, the households of those still missing out on– both living and dead– stay caught in a painful limbo. Amongst them are 3 ladies: Shiri Bibas, Judy Weinstein-Haggai, and Inbar Haiman, whose households continue to require their return.
Shiri’s story initially caught international attention when stunning video footage revealed her desperately covering her 2 children– Ariel (4) and infant Kfir (then 9 months) in a blanket before all 3 were pushed into Gaza by Hamas terrorists. Shiri’s moms and dads– Yossi and Margit Silverman– were killed in their own home on the kibbutz that very same early morning. Shiri’s other half, Yarden, was captured individually; he was launched on February 1, 2025, and has actually because revealed tomb issue for the fate of his spouse and kids.
Hamas declared in November 2023 that Shiri and her 2 kids were eliminated in an Israeli strike, however no independent verification has actually been offered. Israeli authorities have actually pointed out a video revealing Shiri and her kids alive in Gaza throughout the early days of the war. Shiri, who operated in her kibbutz’s accounting department, was deeply associated with the neighborhood, formerly taking care of kids in Nir Oz.
Judy Weinstein-Haggai was apparently abducted in addition to her partner Gadi throughout an early morning walk in the Nir Oz fields. In frenzied telephone call from the field, Judy advocated aid as she reported Gadi’s serious injuries. Because that day, neither Judy nor Gadi have actually been spoken with. Kibbutz Nir Oz revealed on December 22, 2023, that Gadi had actually been killed in Hamas captivity, with his body now kept in Gaza.
Simply days later on, on December 28, 2023, the kibbutz validated that Judy was likewise killed which her remains remain in the hands of the terrorist company. A devoted English instructor, Judy was understood for her ingenious deal with nervous trainees and her kids remember her as somebody who saw a whole world in each of her trainees.
Inbar Haiman was abducted from a celebration in Re’im– a night suggested for event became a problem. As a volunteer assistant at the Nova celebration, Inbar was on hand to help partygoers in distress when terrorists, riding a bike from Kibbutz Be’eri, surpassed the event.
In spite of a desperate three-hour chase together with 2 fellow Israelis, Inbar was eventually caught. On December 15, her household got the grim news that Inbar had actually been killed in captivity which her body was being held by Hamas. Inbar was referred to as a gifted visual interactions trainee and graffiti artist– her signature name being “Pink.” In her memory, graffiti artists in Israel and all over the world have actually required to the streets, painting “Free Pink.”