(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)Demonstrators hold orange balloons at a rally in solidarity with Kfir Bibas, an Israeli boy who spent his first birthday Thursday in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. As the family of Kfir Bibas, the youngest Israeli held in captivity in Gaza, celebrated his first birthday without him, they wondered which, if any, of the typical milestones they missed during those three months of his life. They marked Kfir’s first year with performances by Israeli children’s music stars, who wrote a song in his honor, and released orange balloons inscribed with birthday wishes. Hamas claimed several weeks ago, without presenting evidence, that Shiri Bibas and her sons were killed in an Israeli airstrike. Since the November releases, some freed hostages have been speaking out, hoping to pressure the government into reaching another deal.

Source: ABC News January 18, 2024 21:05 UTC