Continued to be held by murderers
Hamas hostage gives birth to child
November 15, 2023, 10:13 p.m
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During its brutal attack on Israel on October 7th, Hamas abducted around 240 people to the Gaza Strip. The number is now increasing – because one of the hostages has given birth to a child.
A woman abducted to the Gaza Strip by the radical Islamic group Hamas has given birth to a baby, according to the wife of the Israeli head of government. One of the female hostages was pregnant when she was kidnapped and has now given birth to a child in captivity, Sara Netanyahu reported in a letter to the First Lady of the USA, Jill Biden.
“You, like me, can only imagine what must be going through this young mother’s mind as she and her newborn are held by these murderers,” the letter, written in English and released by Netanyahu’s office, continued .
In it, Sara Netanyahu spoke of a total of 32 children who were in the control of the militant Palestinian organization or its allies in the Gaza Strip. Among them was a ten-month-old baby.
Netanyahu’s wife calls for “immediate release of children”
According to Israeli reports, Hamas abducted around 240 people to the Gaza Strip during its brutal attack on Israel on October 7th. According to the Hostage Families Forum, the ten-month-old baby was Kfir Bibas, who was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his four-year-old brother Ariel and his parents Jarden and Schiri.
In her letter, Netanyahu’s wife appealed to Jill Biden to join her in calling for the “immediate release of the children” and the other hostages. According to the Israeli prime minister’s office, Sara Netanyahu had also written to other wives of heads of state around the world.
Qatari mediators are currently trying to reach an agreement between Israel and Hamas for the release of hostages. On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden expressed cautious optimism that such an agreement would be reached. But he didn’t say anything more about it.