Thousands of Israelis lined the streets to mourn the Bibases, who were taken hostage in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and had become a symbol of the country’s trauma.

Slain hostages, Shiri Bibas and her young two sons, Ariel and Kfir, will be laid to rest near the family’s home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on Wednesday. The funeral brings an end to the Bibas family’s year and a half long nightmare after the trio, along with father and husband, Yarden Bibas, were kidnapped from their home on October 7, 2023.

Crowds gathered in Israel for the funeral procession of the Bibas family, a mother and two young sons killed while being held hostage in Gaza. The story of their killing has enraged Israelis, and Israeli government representatives were not invited to the funeral.