“It is unprecedented in our history that we have so many Israeli nationals in the hands of a terrorist organization,” a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces said.
As the fate of an “unprecedented” number of Israeli hostages hung in the balance late Saturday following a surprise attack by Hamas militants, the loved ones of some of the missing and captured have taken to social media to plead for their safe return.
The Israeli military could not give an exact number of hostages taken by Hamas gunmen who infiltrated nearly two dozen Israeli towns and military posts in an unexpected attack. But the IDF said it is “unfortunately, a significant number.” Another Israeli woman, identified as Noa in a tweet shared by the Israel Foreign Ministry, was said to have been taken hostage by Hamas militants while attending the music festival. She wasthat her family only learned of her kidnapping when they saw the video online. She had been attending the festival with her boyfriend, Avi, when she was snatched, Moadi said. Now, both of them are missing.. “We last heard from her around 10 a.m. or 11 a.m.
Further videos of abductions by Hamas militants surfaced across the internet, depicting armed men restraining civilians and leading them away in vehicles to unknown locations.shows men in military garments armed with rifles dragging five people down the streets of Be’eri, barefoot and with their hands restrained behind their backsshows a woman covered in cuts and blood with her hands zip-tied behind her back being detained by armed men and forcibly led away in a vehicle.
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