Bibas family fundraiser exceeds $1.3 million in under 24 hours

(JNS) — The family of freed hostage Yarden Bibas has raised more than $1.7 million via a public fundraising campaign since its launch on Saturday night, exceeding its initial $1,371,086 goal within 24 hours.

The campaign, which was launched via the Lehosheet Yad (Lend a Hand) foundation, aims to help Yarden Bibas’s recovery and establish a memorial for his wife, Shiri, and two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, who were murdered in captivity in the Gaza Strip.

As of Monday morning, 30,979 people from all over the world had donated to the campaign.

The Bibas family were abducted from their home in Kib...