Groups rebuke ‘New York Times’ for stating Bibas family ‘died in captivity’
“Terrorists killed the two little boys with their bare hands. Stop covering for Hamas,” wrote the American Jewish Committee.
(Feb. 28, 2025 / JNS)
A few days after the Associated Press drew widespread criticism for saying three members of the Bibas family—mother Shiri, 32, and her two young sons, Ariel, 4, and Kfir, 9 months—“died in captivity,” The New York Times faced similar backlash.
While reporting on their funerals the Times stated in updates and an Instagram story that the hostages “died in captivity” and “died in Gaza.”
“Why won’t The New York Times say it: Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas were MURDERED,” wrote the American Jewish Committee. “Terrorists killed the two little boys with their bare hands. Stop covering for Hamas.
The pro-Israeli media watchdog group HonestReporting wrote: “Just appalling, New York Times. Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas didn’t simply ‘die in captivity.’ They were kidnapped and murdered in cold blood by Hamas terrorists. Please start showing some respect, both for the victims of Hamas depravity and for professional journalism.”
https://www.jns.org/groups-rebuke-new-york-times-for-stating-bibas-family-died-in-captivity/
