The brief message, posted to social media, acknowledged that Ariel would have turned seven years old had he lived. According to forensic evidence confirmed by the Israeli National Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ariel and Kfir Bibas were murdered by Hamas terrorists in November 2023. A Symbol of LossThe Bibas family has become more than a single tragedy in a war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives. The extended Bibas family was active at protests, branding the color orange as the symbol of their fight for the "ginger babies." Israelis learned of Ariel Bibas' love for Batman.