Footage has emerged that seems to indicate Hamas militants taking Israeli troopers and civilians hostage.
One video purports to indicate a captured Israeli girl in blood-splattered garments along with her fingers tied behind her again.
A person is seen brandishing a gun within the air as he shouts “Allahu Akbar” – “God is greatest” – as she is bundled into the backseat of a Jeep.
The clip has been geolocated to Gaza, and was posted after the militant group launched its greatest assault on Israel in years.
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Video posted on a Telegram channel affiliated to Hamas additionally seems to indicate its fighters capturing and beating Israelis.
One man will be seen making an attempt to protect his head as he’s kicked.
Others have been proven being dragged by armed males at a border compound utilized by the Israeli Ministry of Defence.
Sky News has additionally geolocated footage from Beeri, the place handcuffed women and men in civilian clothes are seen being led away.
On Saturday, an Israeli navy spokesperson confirmed Israeli civilians and troopers have been being held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza.
And Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas, has stated “dozens” of Israeli troops are being held in “safe places” and militant tunnels within the Gaza Strip.
Another high official, Saleh Arouri, informed al Jazeera that the group is holding “a large number” of Israeli prisoners – sufficient captives to make Israel free all Palestinians in its jails.
According to information channel N12, as much as 50 Israelis have been taken hostage by Hamas gunmen in Beeri Kibbutz close to the Gaza border.
Israeli broadcaster Reshet 13 TV News reported militants have been holding Israelis hostage within the city of Ofakim – an Israeli metropolis close to the border with Gaza.
Elderly girls with dementia in addition to employees from Thailand and the Philippines have additionally been captured, native media reviews recommend.
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Thousands of rockets have been fired in an unprecedented, shock early morning assault throughout a significant Jewish vacation.
At least 250 Israelis have been killed and greater than 1,450 injured – making it the deadliest assault in years – in line with native media.
Meanwhile, officers within the Gaza Strip stated 232 Palestinians have died following retaliatory Israeli airstrikes – with an additional 1,600 injured.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in an announcement: “We are at war and we will win.”
He added: “Our enemy will pay a price the type of which it has never known.”
Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas stated the Palestinian individuals have the precise to defend themselves towards the “terror of settlers and occupation of troops”.
Source: information.sky.com”