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What we know about Israeli hostages taken by Hamas - BBC News
A "significant number" of Israeli civilians and soldiers are being held hostage by Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military says.
Some are alive and some are presumed dead, military spokesman Lt Col Jonathan Conricus said.
Children, women, the elderly and the disabled were among those taken, he said.
[...]
One video posted that has been verified by the BBC shows a truck being driven through crowds on the Gaza Strip, purportedly carrying Israeli hostages.
Another, geo-located to the Gaza Strip, shows a barefooted woman being dragged from the back of a truck with bloodied hands tied behind her back.
[...]
Some hostages are said to have been taken from an outdoor party in Kibbutz Re'im, a suburb in the city of Ofakim in Israel's south - not far from Gaza.
Witnesses told Israeli media that attackers on motorcycles began firing at attendees, many of whom are still missing.
[...]
"I saw Noa in the video scared and frightened, I can't imagine what's going through her mind at all - screaming in panic on a motorcycle," Mr Or said in an interview with Israeli broadcaster Channel 12.
A later video - also not verified by the BBC - appears to show her sipping water in a room in Gaza.
[...]
Speaking to Reuters news agency, a woman identified as Ella said she had been barricaded in a bomb shelter for hours in the town.
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"I've lost contact with my family. I know my father has been kidnapped... no one is telling us what's going on. I don't know if my mother is alive."
[...]
Meanwhile, in Kibbutz Urim, a suburb in the city of Ofakim, two Israelis were rescued after being taken hostage by Hamas militants in a house for hours on Saturday, according to Israel's public broadcaster Kan.
Gunmen had entered the city and opened fire on residents as they fled to bomb shelters after rocket alarms were set off in the city,Israeli media reported.
The two residents had stayed in their apartment, where four militants then took them hostage. The militants were later killed by Israeli forces.
A "significant number" of Israeli civilians and soldiers are being held hostage by Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military says.
Some are alive and some are presumed dead, military spokesman Lt Col Jonathan Conricus said.
Children, women, the elderly and the disabled were among those taken, he said.
[...]
One video posted that has been verified by the BBC shows a truck being driven through crowds on the Gaza Strip, purportedly carrying Israeli hostages.
Another, geo-located to the Gaza Strip, shows a barefooted woman being dragged from the back of a truck with bloodied hands tied behind her back.
[...]
Some hostages are said to have been taken from an outdoor party in Kibbutz Re'im, a suburb in the city of Ofakim in Israel's south - not far from Gaza.
Witnesses told Israeli media that attackers on motorcycles began firing at attendees, many of whom are still missing.
[...]
"I saw Noa in the video scared and frightened, I can't imagine what's going through her mind at all - screaming in panic on a motorcycle," Mr Or said in an interview with Israeli broadcaster Channel 12.
A later video - also not verified by the BBC - appears to show her sipping water in a room in Gaza.
[...]
Speaking to Reuters news agency, a woman identified as Ella said she had been barricaded in a bomb shelter for hours in the town.
[...]
"I've lost contact with my family. I know my father has been kidnapped... no one is telling us what's going on. I don't know if my mother is alive."
[...]
Meanwhile, in Kibbutz Urim, a suburb in the city of Ofakim, two Israelis were rescued after being taken hostage by Hamas militants in a house for hours on Saturday, according to Israel's public broadcaster Kan.
Gunmen had entered the city and opened fire on residents as they fled to bomb shelters after rocket alarms were set off in the city,Israeli media reported.
The two residents had stayed in their apartment, where four militants then took them hostage. The militants were later killed by Israeli forces.