Bibas Family

Tom Shoval’s 'A Letter to David' to open Israel Film Festival in LA, features new ending for 2026

A Letter to David, directed by Tom Shoval, the winner of this year’s Ophir Award for Best Documentary, will open the 37th Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles next month.

‘A LETTER to David’
Iranian missiles streak across the night sky above Jerusalem on June 14, 2025, a day after Israel launched a major aerial campaign targeting the Islamic Republic's military and nuclear infrastructure.

Triumphs and tragedies: Unpacking 2025's top stories from Israel and the Jewish world

A mural depicting Shiri Bibas and her two children was defaced on Wednesday during a memorial event at the Milan synagogue commemorating victims of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks.

Mural of Bibas family defaced during Milan synagogue memorial

Celebrations at Hostage Square as a release is announced. October 09, 2025.

Two years of waiting for the hostages to return has been agony - comment


October 7 commemoration, Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Egypt - October 8, 2025

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise.

Businessman and former Senior Advisor to the President Doanld Trump Jared Kushner (L) and U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff chat on the tarmac on before First lady Melania Trump and U.S. President Donald Trump on July 13, 2025 in Teterboro, New Jersey.

Mural depicting Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas raised in front of Qatar consulate in Milan

The mural commemorating the October 7 massacre victims was done by artist aleXsandro Palombo, who created a similar piece in 2024 honoring the Nova festival victims.

“October 7, The Hostages” by aleXsandro Palombo: An artist's mural depicting Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas across from the Qatari consulate in Milan, Italy, October 2025.

'Holidays are not holidays for me without you': Yarden Bibas remembers his family on Rosh Hashanah

"Shiri, Ariel and Kfir - I love you most in the world, always in the world,” he wrote in an Erev Rosh Hashanah Instagram post.

 Yarden Bibas gives his eulogy at the funeral for Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas

No. 42: Eli Sharabi, Yarden Bibas, Einav Zangauker: Voices of the hostage crisis

Bound by what may well be the darkest chapter in Israel’s history, these three represent different facets of our nation’s response to terror: choosing life in the face of absolute despair.

(L-R): Einav Zangauker, Yarden Bibas, Eli Sharabi

'He told me to leave him': Iair Horn recalls fleeing Gaza as his brother remains hostage

Former hostage Iair Horn recalled dragging his brother Eitan through a Gaza tunnel under missile fire, as Eitan remains in Hamas captivity.

 ‘He told me to leave him’: Former hostage Iair Horn recounts running from missiles in Gaza with brother who remains captive.

Tune into today's top stories: IDF drone revolution, Comptroller blasts October 7 failures

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise.

IDF Military Drone Unit train with their drones near the Syrian border, northern Golan Heights, June 26, 2025.

IDF kills head of Mujahideen terror group in Gaza, which held Bibas family hostage

The terrorist Musbah Salim Musbah Dayyah, who served as the head of the Mujahideen terrorist organization, was killed during an airstrike in the Gaza Strip.

 Pictures of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel, in Jerusalem, February 20, 2025

'Letter to David', about hostage David Cunio, to be shown in Tel Aviv

Letter to David is a moving documentary about David Cunio, who was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz alongside his family by Hamas on October 7.

Photos from Letter to David, a documentary about hostage David Cunio.

IDF, Shin Bet kill terrorist responsible for kidnapping Yarden Bibas from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7

The IDF and Shin Bet killed Najjar on August 10, publishing the confirmation on Tuesday.

Hamas terrorist Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar (L) kidnapping Yarden Bibas (center) from Kibbutz Nir Oz, October 7, 2023.

'We love you and miss you': Bibas family remembers Ariel on his sixth birthday

The family shared a post on Instagram to mark his birthday: “Ariel was a mischievous child full of love with a smile that immediately melted everyone he met,” the post read.

 Kfir and Ariel Bibas, who were murdered in captivity by Hamas in November 2023.

Freed hostage Yarden Bibas meets his 'brother,' American rocker David Draiman in Tel Aviv

World-famous rockstar David Draiman met with former hostage Yarden Bibas after creating a special message for Bibas after the funeral of his family, who were brutally murdered in Gaza.

  Freed hostage Yarden Bibas meets his 'brother,' American rocker David Draiman in Tel Aviv.