Israel mourns Bibas family as Hamas signals breakthrough on hostages

Amir Ohanaknesset Speaker

Yesterday, the funeral of Oded Lifshitz took place; today, the funeral of Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas is taking place. We remember all the victims of Oct 7. We remember, and we will not forget,

said Amir Ohana, speaker of the Knesset

The Bibas family, I think, is like the symbol of everything that happened to us since Oct 7,

said retired teacher Ayala Schlesinger Avidov, 72, visibly emotional as she spoke to AFP

I think if I stop to think about it for more than a split second, I feel so sickened, so sickened,

said Simi Polonasky, 38, who travelled from Miami to support hostage families

We're making a lot of progress. Israel is sending a team right now as we speak,

Steve Witkoff told an event for the American Jewish Committee

It's not a regular situation: if you're not feeling numb, you're feeling so shattered and broken that it almost feels hard to continue,

she told AFP, starting to weep as she spoke

Mediators have informed Hamas that the (hostage-prisoner) exchange will take place on Thursday ... Hamas and other resistance factions will hand over four bodies of Israeli captives, and in return, Israel will release more than 600 Palestinian detainees,

a Hamas official told AFP

The two babies and the mother that did nothing to the world and were murdered in cold blood,

she added

It's either going to be in Doha or in Cairo, where negotiations will begin again with the Egyptians and the Qataris,

he said