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Hamas hostages: 'My wife and children have been taken to Gaza'
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67053011
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Families have spoken of the sheer panic of learning their loved ones may have been taken hostage by Hamas, after the militant group attacked Israel.
His wife Doron and their two children Raz, 5, and Aviv, 3, were staying with relatives close to the border with Gaza when the militants struck.
Later that day, his worst fears were seemingly confirmed when he recognised his family being briefly shown in a video of people being loaded onto the back of a truck.
Noam Sagi said his heart sank when Palestinian media began broadcasting from in front of his 74-year-old mother’s home, around 400m from the border with Gaza.
On Saturday afternoon, the Israeli Army entered grandmother-of-six Ada Sagi’s property and found blood stains - but no sign of the elderly woman, he explained.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4, Mr Sagi - who lives in London - said his assumption was that his mother, who teaches Arabic, was among those kidnapped.
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