A distressing video an Israeli woman screaming 'Don't kill me', as she and her boyfriend were kidnapped at a music festival.
by Hamas fighters over the weekend, including revellers at a music festival, residents in border communities and Israeli soldiers.
The hostages are being held by Hamas in locations across Gaza, complicating Israel's response to the militant group's deadly attack on Saturday. Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, an Israel Defence Forces spokesperson, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that "it is unprecedented in our history that we have so many Israeli nationals in the hands of a terrorist organization."
"We recognised her by the tattoos, and she has long dreadlocks," Louk's cousin told the Washington Post. "We have some kind of hope… Hamas is responsible for her and the others."Hamas fighters took hostages in the border community Be'eri, and the town of Ofakim, 20 miles east of Gaza, IDF spokesman Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari said on Saturday, adding that the two locations were the "main focal points" of the unfolding crisis.
One Israeli mother told CNN she had been on the phone with her children, aged 16 and 12, who were home alone when they heard gunshots outside and people trying to enter. Then, over the phone, she heard the door break down.
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