The Bibas family is laid to rest
The Bibas family – mother Shiri, baby Kfir, toddler Ariel, and father Yarden – have become symbols of all the Israelis who have suffered at the hands of Gazans since October 7th or in all the violence that preceded it. Today the murdered mother and children are being laid to rest in a single casket, and Israel and much of the world mourns:
“They will remain together and close, just as Shiri enveloped the children, always, including on that accursed day,” said Carmit Palty Katzir, who acted as MC at the funeral.
She was referring to a haunting video clip of traumatized Shiri, clutching her boys to her chest, as a mob of terrorists dragged them from their home. The images became symbolic of the horror of the attack and seared their fate into the national conscience.
Yarden Bibas, Shiri’s husband and the boys’ father, was released from captivity only a few weeks ago. He eulogized his family eloquently. I was going to quote his speech, but I decided I didn’t want to excerpt it; please just go there and read the whole thing.
RIP. RIP. RIP.
I don’t want to overuse the word “heartbreaking,” but here’s an article about how a 5-year-old friend of Ariel’s has been struggling to deal with the disappearance, and then the murder of, his good friend friend. The child’s mother tells the story:
“My husband was holding the photo of Ariel Bibas,” Avital remembered. “Yoav, my 5-year-old son, saw the photo and said to him, ‘He isn’t my friend anymore. He’s dead,’ and then fell asleep on the couch. He couldn’t contain all the pain, as we all broke down in tears.”
She went on, “After it was all over, he looked at me in the dining room and screamed through tears, ‘Ariel isn’t dead!! He’s not dead, Mom, he’s alive, he’s in his room, and you just don’t know what the room number is!’”
Many horrid sights on October 7th. Not to toot my own horn, but a post that shows what stuck in my mind the most from that day:
‘Families Melted Together’ – Hamas *WIRED* Jewish families together & burned them Alive
Linked articles were:
1) “They were burned while tied together”: The gut-wrenching work of identifying victims of the Hamas attack
2) Evidence on Display at Israel’s Forensic Pathology Center Confirms Hamas’ Atrocities
Its another holocaust. I.e. Bibi sacrificed these people to get ahold of Gaza, same as the Jews sacrificed other Jews in Germany to get ahold of what they have now. The Jews offered these people as a holocaust, a burn offering, to their dark deity.
Larry SteinbergsteinSteinStein:
Israel gave Gaza to the Palis. Free of charge. Infrastructure intact. No Jews sacrificed other Gernan Jews to get ahold of Israel.
Begone, foul Jew Hater!
Amen, Huxley.
May the Bibas family’s memories be a blessing.
To fake Larry SteinbergSteinStein:
I’m leaving your comment up as an example of the low caliber of Jew-hating trolls these days.