For Yarden Bibas, it's not a happy ending. It's not even the end.

Opinion: The stories of freed hostages Ofer Calderon and Keith Siegel are closed, but Yarden Bibas' remains open; His return does not close the circle, but instead perpetuates his being open. Almost in an instant, he went from being the one who was expected to the one who himself is expecting

Nir Tsadok|
Yarden Bibas has returned home. He is no longer in Hamas captivity. He was released along with Ofer Calderon and Keith Siegel in the fourth round of the first phase of the second deal. What terrible negotiating language, as if it were about renting an apartment and not saving a life. Even the greatest deeds are made up of small letters.
Perhaps this is a kindness that the government does not deserve, but perhaps such a bad story cannot have such a good ending in the form of the release of all the hostages at once. Several deals are needed, several stages, several rounds, and a constant fear that the matter will never end and the last of them will not return.

2 View gallery
ירדן ביבס פוגש את משפחתו בשיבא
ירדן ביבס פוגש את משפחתו בשיבא
Yarden Bibas is about to see his family members at Sheba hospital
(Photo: Omer Meron / GPO)


2 View gallery
ירדן ביבס פוגש את משפחתו בשיבא
ירדן ביבס פוגש את משפחתו בשיבא
Yarden Bibas is surrounded by family, but his wife and children remain in captivity
(Photo: Maayan Toaf / GPO)
The very worry is necessary. Without the worry, it would not have happened. Until everyone returns, even the delayed release of those released in the current deal, which symbolizes the end of torture, is cast in a distinct element of torture and delay – only three more, and only four more, and behind always remain many more hostages than those who are released each time, reminding us that even when there is good, there is still enough evil in the world for everyone.
At the cost of the two days that have passed since the third round on Thursday, the three prisoners freed on Saturday were spared the terror march through the heart of the Gazan crowd that was the lot of those freed in the previous rounds. Even the relative sterility of the release of the three does not make us forget that "liberation" actually refers to a chain of actions. A person does not become a prisoner of war in one go. It begins with exiting the tunnel, and then from the vehicle, and then marching on the podium, past the Red Cross ambulance, handover to the IDF force, entry into Israeli territory, and only then meeting with his family.
Yarden Bibas meets his family members
(Video: IDF Spokesman's Unit)

The last part, and it alone, offers the long-awaited catharsis - for the freed prisoners and their families, but also for an entire country that has been waiting for this for over a year. This is the beginning of a sense of security and the closing of the circle. Those who were kidnapped from their homes return home. If not physically, then at least emotionally.
Get the Ynetnews app on your smartphone: Google Play: https://bit.ly/4eJ37pE | Apple App Store: https://bit.ly/3ZL7iNv
This moment of union is actually the moment of separation between the state and the hostage who has returned. Before the hostage is the father or child of all of us, he is first and foremost the father of the children who are only his and the son of the parents who are only his. This national tragedy is made up of a mosaic of private tragedies. The hostages return not when they pass from Hamas to Israeli hands, but only when they pass from Israeli hands to family hands, when the embracing hands are those of the nuclear family. A mother meeting her daughter, a father meeting his children.
The stories of Ofer Calderon and Keith Siegel captivity are closed. That of Yarden Bibas remains open. His return does not close the circle, but on the contrary perpetuates its being open. It is not a happy ending. It is not even an end. Almost in an instant he went from being the one who was expected to the one who himself is expecting.
<< Follow Ynetnews on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Telegram >>
Comments
The commenter agrees to the privacy policy of Ynet News and agrees not to submit comments that violate the terms of use, including incitement, libel and expressions that exceed the accepted norms of freedom of speech.
""