Israeli Clings to Hope That Kidnapped Relatives, Including a Baby, Are Still Alive

In an interview, a cousin spoke bitterly of the world’s blindness to Hamas’s cruel treatment of Israeli hostages.

A member of the Bibas family holds pictures of Shiri, her husband, Yarden, and their children, Kfir and Ariel, who were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by the terrorist group Hamas, during a rally for the hostages release in Jerusalem, on April 7, 2024. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

TEL AVIV, Israel—Kfir Bibas is the most famous baby in the world.

If he’s still alive.