The official Vatican media has reported that this delegation is made up of Bezalel Shnaider, uncle of Shiri Bibas, the woman kidnapped along with her two children aged 4 years and 9 months, Ariel and Kfir.
Also there are Gal Dalal, a survivor of the festival where most of the hostages were kidnapped, among whom was his 22-year-old brother Guy. His mother, Merav Gilboa Dalal, also met with the Holy Father.
Among this group were also the relatives of Omri Miran, kidnapped in the Nir Oz kibbutz; the sister of a soldier kidnapped at the Nahal Oz military base and the father and sister of Tamir, a soldier kidnapped by terrorists at the Cogat base.