IDF kills Hamas terrorist who abducted Yarden Bibas

(JNS) — The Israel Defense Forces on Aug. 10 eliminated Hamas terrorist Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar, who took part in the abduction of Yarden Bibas from Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, the military announced on Tuesday.

Bibas was held in captivity for 484 days before being freed on Feb. 1, having lost 33 pounds. His wife, Shiri, and their two sons — Ariel, 4, and Kfir, 9 months — were kidnapped separately.

Their captors later murdered Shiri and the children, afterward claiming they had been killed in an Israeli airstrike. On Feb. 20, Hamas returned the bodies of Kfir, Ariel and,...