TWO hostages have been released by gun-toting Hamas terrorists as fears grow for the young Bibas brothers.
Their dad Yarden Bibas, 34, has finally been freed this morning after being held for 484 days in captivity by the terror group.
He and Ofer Kalderon, 53, were handed over to the Red Cross in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis.
American-Israeli Keith Samuel Siegel, 65, is also set to be freed later this morning as part of the fragile ceasefire deal with Israel.
But fears are growing for Yarden’s sons Kfir, aged two, and Ariel, five, and his wife, Shiri.
The boys were kidnapped alongside their parents from Kibbutz Nir Oz during Hamas’ October 7 bloodbath.
Kfir was only 9 months old when he was barbarically kidnapped.
The children and their mum were last seen alive in a video being marched through Gaza by gunmen.
In November, Hamas stated that Shiri and her sons were killed in an Israeli airstrike. However, Israel’s military did not confirm this information when it was released.
Their dad, Yarden, was reportedly separated from them and held in a different location.
Before they were freed, the Israeli hostages were paraded on stage by Hamas fighters.
Surrounded by green-headband wearing soldiers with rifles, the brave hostages waved during the cruel ceremony.
The two hostages were then collected by Red Cross vehicles and brought to Israel.
Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, an Israeli military spokesperson, expressed the IDF’s concern for the well-being of the Bibas children and their mother earlier this month.
Baby Kfir turned two in captivity in January.
Across Israel, posters of the red-haired toddler clutching his pink elephant have become a painful symbol of the hostage crisis.
Kalderon, 54, was abducted from Nir Oz alongside his two children, Sahar, 16, and Erez, 12.
His kids were released in November, but he remained in Hamas’ hands.
Siegel, an American-Israeli, was taken hostage along with his wife, Aviva, from their home in Kfar Aza.
Aviva was freed during a previous ceasefire.
Out of the 33 hostages set to be released in the initial phase of the ceasefire, 17 have been freed in return for 400 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
On Thursday, Hamas released seven hostages including Agam Berger, 20, Arbel Yehud, 29 and Gadi Mozes, 80.
They were the third group of hostages to be released from Hamas’ terror captivity as part of the ceasefire deal with Israel.
