Yarden Bibas

Gender: Male

Age when taken: 34

Citizenships: Israel, Argentina

Occupation: Welder

Hostage status: Still Captive, Presumed Alive

More about Yarden:

• A big, strong, man, yet has a gentle and sensitive soul with a unique sense of humor 

• A lover of premium meats, he proposed to his wife at the famous Dario Cecchini restaurant in Italy.

• Always the first to stand up and offer his seat to someone else, even if there’s another seat available 

• A man who never rests 

• Born and raised on Kibbutz Tze’elim by his parents, Pnina and Eli, along with his older sister, Ofri 

• Loves music and stand up comedy

• Loves Tonto, the family dog whom he found abandoned at a bus station and quickly adopted

• Tonto was killed on October 7th

• Calls Ariel “the first Yemenite Ginger”

• A big and imposing guy, like a big teddy bear - very sensitive, caring, funny.