Berlin: Brandenburg Gate to be illuminated orange on Wednesday – this is the reason
The Brandenburg Gate will be lit up in orange on Wednesday. This will commemorate the murdered members of the Bibas family and also express solidarity with the hostages still held by Hamas, explained Berlin's Governing Mayor Kai Wegner (CDU) on Platform X.
Schiri Bibas, who was killed while being held hostage by the Islamist Hamas, and her two sons Kfir and Ariel are to be buried in Israel on Wednesday. All three also had German citizenship.
Berlin will light up the Brandenburg Gate orange tomorrow - in memory of the murdered members of the Bibas family and in solidarity with the numerous hostages who are still held by Hamas terrorists. #NeverForget #BringThemHomeNow 🧡🕯️
— Kai Wegner (@kaiwegner) February 25, 2025
At the time of their abduction, Ariel was four years old and Kfir was ten months old. Video footage of the terrified mother and her two red-haired sons during the abduction went around the world and became symbols of the unprecedented massacre that sparked the Gaza war, in which tens of thousands of Palestinians were killed.
The mother's body was handed over by Hamas on Friday, one day after the remains of her children. In a coffin that Hamas had first handed over to the Red Cross was the body of another, unknown woman. This switch - whether intentional or accidental - had caused great outrage in Israel.
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