Hamas gives 10-month-old Israeli hostage to separate Palestinian terror group: ‘More psychological torture’

A 10-month-old Israeli boy – the youngest hostage captured by Hamas – and his family have been handed off to another Palestinian terror group in what one relative decried as “just more psychological torture.”

Arabic spokesman for the IDF Avichay Adraee revealed Monday night that the Bibas family – including infant Kfir, his 4-year-old brother Ariel, and their parents – were being held captive in the southern city of Khan Younis following the disturbing move.

“In Hamas prison, infants under one-year-old who have not seen the light of day for more than 50 days are detained,” Adraee wrote in a post to X.

“Hamas treats them as if they were spoils and sometimes hands them over to other terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip.

“For example, the Bibas family, the two red-haired children ‘The Reds,’ who were kidnapped from their home in Nir Oz by a member of the Hamas terrorist organization and are being held in the Khan Yunis area by one of the Palestinian factions,” he wrote.

Kfir Bibas is the youngest hostage captured by Hamas. Family handout

Video shows Hamas gunmen kidnap Israeli mom Shiri Silberman Bibas and her two young sons Kfir Bibas 9 months old Ariel Bibas 3 years old.

Khan Younis – where the Bibas are reportedly being held – is expected to be targeted by Israeli attacks once the temporary cease-fire expires, The Telegraph reported, raising speculation that Hamas strategically transferred the infant to the city as a means to extend the truce.

The Bibas family of four was among the 240 hostages taken by Hamas during the group’s deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Video shared on social media showed kindergarten teacher Shiri Shiri Silberman-Bibas clutching her sons – Ariel and Kfir – as the family was abducted.

Hamas terrorists refused to release the toddler before handing him off to another group. Yifat Zailer / Facebook

The family – including husband and father Yarden Bibas – was hunkering down in a safe room when the terrorists descended. Facebook

Ofri Bibas Levy, sister of Yarden Bibas, held hostage in Gaza with his wife, Shiri, and two kids, Kfir and Ariel, talks to the media, during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Nov. 14, 2023. AP

The family – including husband and father Yarden Bibas – was hunkering down in a safe room when the terrorists descended.

The children’s aunt, Noah Abrahams, described the latest development in the family’s captivity as “just more psychological torture,” according to The Telegraph.

“We are experiencing moments of great uncertainty. The realization that we will not get the hug we wished for leaves us speechless,” the family reportedly said in a statement.

On Monday, Israel and Hamas agreed to extend their temporary truce for two more days.

Hamas noted that the extension will follow the rules previously laid out in the initial four-day deal, meaning the terrorists will release at least 20 more hostages in exchange for the additional two days of peace.

Eleven hostages, including nine children, were released by Hamas on Monday.