Greater than 100 Israeli civilians and troopers are being held hostage by Hamas within the Gaza Strip after the militant group launched a shock assault on Southern Israel on Saturday.
Greater than 100 Israeli civilians and troopers are nonetheless being held hostage by Hamas within the Gaza Strip after the militant group launched a shock assault on Southern Israel on Saturday.
On Monday, the militant group Hamas warned that it might kill a hostage each time Israel strikes civilian targets within the enclave with out warning.
5 of Abbey Onn’s shut kin, together with three kids, her father and grandmother, are among the many hostages.
Onn, who lives within the metropolis of Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv, advised Euronews in regards to the harrowing occasions that led to their seize.
“We woke early two days in the past to sirens and understood that there was an assault,” she stated. “After which we started getting messages from our household that Hamas was contained in the kibbutz.
“They had been locked inside their shelters and so they may hear Hamas of their homes and taking pictures. And in a matter of hours, that they had burned and slaughtered many of the kibbutz. And the folks that they did not kill, they took hostage.”
Greater than 900 individuals in Israel have been killed since Saturday’s assault, Israeli authorities say. The dying toll in Gaza has exceeded 560 individuals, in response to Palestinian officers. 1000’s of individuals on either side have been injured.
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