"Three- and Five-Year-Old Daughters and Wife Taken Away"... Hamas Hostage Families' Desperate Cries

Hamas Holds Over 150 Hostages Including Elderly and Women
"Will Execute Prisoners if Israel Bombs Civilian Homes"

"They are just little babies. Please send them home."

As the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which launched a surprise attack on Israel, captured more than 150 hostages including elderly people, women, and children under the age of five, casualties are mounting. The families of the abducted are desperately pleading, "Please let them return home as soon as possible."

Yoni Asher confirmed that his wife Doron (center) and their two daughters Aviv (left) and Raz were loaded onto a truck by armed militants and taken to the Gaza Strip.
[Photo by BBC website capture]

On the 9th (local time), Hamas warned that it would execute prisoners if Israel bombed civilian homes. On the third day of clashes between Hamas and Israel, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office announced that more than 800 people had died and over 2,600 were injured due to Hamas's attacks.

According to foreign media including the UK’s BBC on the 10th, Israeli resident Yoni Asher said that his wife Doron and their two young daughters, Raz (5) and Aviv (3), were taken to the Gaza Strip by Hamas militants. He was on the phone with his wife when Hamas launched the surprise attack on Israel on the 7th. Before being abducted, his wife and two daughters were at a relative’s house near the Gaza Strip.

He said, "I had my last call with my wife around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. She told me that Hamas terrorists had entered the house. She said they were in a safe room, but the call was soon cut off. After a long time, I barely managed to track the location, and it showed they were in the Gaza Strip."

Yoni Asher confirmed that his wife’s phone had moved to the Gaza Strip after he was unable to reconnect the call and tracked the location. Shortly after, he confirmed the abduction through a brief video showing his family being loaded into the back of a truck.

On the 7th (local time), near a music festival venue in southern Israel, Israeli woman Noah Armagani (25) was abducted by the Palestinian armed group Hamas and is crying out.
[Photo by Reuters/Yonhap News]

He said, "I haven’t been able to sleep since the incident. These little babies should not have been captured by terrorists," and added, "If it’s possible to exchange me and my family, I would willingly agree."

Currently, many videos showing Israelis being abducted by Hamas militants are circulating on social media.

Jakob, the father of Noa Armagani (25), who was recently abducted by Hamas, tearfully said, "When my daughter was born, I promised to protect her for life, but now there’s nothing I can do."

Palestinian militant group Hamas fighters are seen carrying 85-year-old Adar from Jaffa, Israel, on a golf cart.
[Photo by X (formerly Twitter) capture]

Jakob’s daughter Noa was taken hostage at a kibbutz music festival in southern Israel about 10 km from the Gaza Strip on the 7th, when Hamas launched its large-scale attack. After seeing a video of his daughter being captured posted on social media, Jakob said, "She looked so scared in the video. I wish I could have said even one word to tell her not to be afraid," choking up.

Hamas indiscriminately attacked participants at the kibbutz music festival in southern Israel, about 10 km from the Gaza Strip. According to videos capturing the scene, hundreds of attendees fled gunfire as shots rang out. Foreign media reported that 260 bodies were found around the event site.

Shani Luke (22), a German who was abducted by Hamas in a half-naked state at the music festival, had her mother Ricarda tell CNN, "When I called my daughter after hearing about the missile attack and alarms, she was terrified. She only said she would go somewhere safe."

However, Ricarda pleaded, "A few hours later, I saw a video on social media where I could recognize my daughter being dragged away unconscious," and begged, "If anyone knows anything about my daughter, please help." Luke’s whereabouts and condition remain unknown.

Noam Sagi thought he would be able to celebrate his mother's 75th birthday together next week when she came to London, England, but he faced a shocking reality.
[Photo by BBC]

Another man, Hadas, reported that his family of five?including his two sons aged 13 and 12 and his 80-year-old mother?went missing. He found his second son, Erez, in a video posted on social media shortly after. Hadas expressed anger, saying, "Hamas should remember that there is ethics even in war."

Noam Sagi, who lives in London, told the BBC that his 74-year-old mother, who lived near the Gaza Strip, had disappeared. He said, "We were supposed to meet in the UK next week to celebrate my mother’s 75th birthday, but it feels like a dream. It’s like a horror movie."

There are also reports that some hostages have already been killed. On the 9th, CNN reported that after analyzing two videos filmed at the Be’eri kibbutz in southern Israel, they confirmed scenes showing the bodies of four hostages lying on the ground.