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Hamas war: The horrifying stories of Israelis taken as hostages by gunmen
Daily Mail UK ^ | UPDATED: 03:23 EDT, 9 October 2023 | By INDERDEEP BAINS and NATALIE LISBONA IN TEL AVIV

Posted on 10/09/2023 9:18:36 AM PDT by Red Badger

Young children and elderly grandparents were among the more than 100 hostages being held as human shields by Hamas last night.

Families have described the horror of only discovering their loved ones had been snatched by viewing chilling videos posted on social media by their gloating kidnappers.

Footage showed sobbing children and their helpless mothers being dragged from their homes and loaded into vehicles by heavily armed men before being taken to Gaza. It is feared two Britons could be among those being held after the terrorist group launched its bloody multi-pronged surprise attack.

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken even suggesting an elderly Holocaust survivor was among those dragged across the border into Hamas territories.

Gunmen were reported to have been going door to door to round up whole families as they sheltered from a barrage of rockets fired into settlements from Gaza.

Sickening videos showed traumatised Israeli soldiers, overwhelmed by the surprise attack, being abused and beaten as they were paraded by their captors.

Footage also showed a ten-year-old Israeli boy being dragged towards an opening in the border's fence by armed terrorists.

The youngster – named as Erez Kalderon – was said to be hiding in his house in Nir Oz in the south of Israel when Hamas broke in and snatched him at gunpoint. Erez's sister Gaya Kalderon, 21, who lives in Tel Aviv, told Sky News: 'I was terrified to wake up on Saturday morning and receive messages like 'the terrorists are in my bedroom' and my 16-year-old sister writing [to] me: 'I'm so scared'.'

Meanwhile, Yoni Asher described how he was cut off from his wife Doron after she called to say terrorists had entered the home. She was visiting her mother in Nir Oz near the border with their two daughters aged...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: israel; waronterror
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1 posted on 10/09/2023 9:18:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

🙏🛐✝️🙏🙏🙏🛐🛐✝️✝️


2 posted on 10/09/2023 9:19:36 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Kazan; JonPreston; BobL
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken even suggesting an elderly Holocaust survivor was among those dragged across the border into Hamas territories.

Yep.

The off-ramp is firmly in place.

3 posted on 10/09/2023 9:24:13 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Kazan; JonPreston; BobL
Amazing how Cookies, Short Pants Tony and Jake the Snake managed to find some dupes that are even dumber than the Ukie cannon fodder.

"Hey! I got a great idea - while we're videoing ourselves raping and killing pretty German girls, let's grab a Holocaust survivor or two!"

Genetic damage from inbreeding conquers all.

4 posted on 10/09/2023 9:27:57 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil
Never let a crisis go to waste. Cloward-Piven. Guess what's no longer in the headlines? The Biden Family kickback scandals.

When the US military stations an aircraft carrier off the coast of Mexico, I'll know we are returning to normalcy.

5 posted on 10/09/2023 9:28:34 AM PDT by 4Runner
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To: kiryandil

I don’t really understand the “off-ramp” idea you stated…can you clarify that (I just don’t understand what you are saying here).


6 posted on 10/09/2023 9:30:24 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (“We should not assume civilization is robust”)
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To: Red Badger

Right after Biden pays billion in ransom to Iran for release of hostages, Hama launches a massive terrorist attack and takes dozens of hostages. Hummmmm……..


7 posted on 10/09/2023 9:30:59 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

Glad I wasn’t the only one confused.


8 posted on 10/09/2023 9:32:44 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: Red Badger

The Romans knew how to deal with hostage takers.

As a result VERY few hostages were taken under the late Republic and most of the Empire.


9 posted on 10/09/2023 9:33:19 AM PDT by Republican in occupied CA (We had enough government in 1789)
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To: circlecity

This is why you don’t pay ransom to terrorists..................


10 posted on 10/09/2023 9:34:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: 4Runner

I’m glad Trump gave us the tools to see what’s going on - like your current experiences where you live.


11 posted on 10/09/2023 9:34:41 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: circlecity

Next thing you know, Zelensky will take hostages too.


12 posted on 10/09/2023 9:34:59 AM PDT by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast; Kazan
I don’t really understand the “off-ramp” idea you stated…can you clarify that (I just don’t understand what you are saying here).

It's a geopolitical term used a lot by the guys I listen to [Alex and Alexander at The Duran].

The DC neocons are speeding down their Ukraine Project freeway at 80 miles per hour, and they see the Wall of the 2024 election coming up.

Part of that Wall is the failed Ukraine Project.

They need to get off the freeway and on to the next Project.

The current off-ramp to the next Project [probably China] is the Hamas-Israel war. That'll keep people distracted from the old Project before the election [remember - Jake Sullivan was a election guy before he was a neocon Project guy].

13 posted on 10/09/2023 9:41:46 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Dogbert41

Dogbert41 FTTW!!!


14 posted on 10/09/2023 9:42:21 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Dogbert41

Z is having fit right now. His war that lives off news coverage just got bumped right off the big stage.


15 posted on 10/09/2023 9:42:30 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself. 111 is the key.)
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To: GOP_Party_Animal
see post #13
16 posted on 10/09/2023 9:43:37 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast; GOP_Party_Animal; Kazan
Many of these "Projects" by the DC elites are also known as "color revolutions".

It's about regime change, and installing puppets of their own choice in charge of the country that got a "color revolution".

The United States of Banana had our very own color revolution by these people in 2020.

Their puppet is The Tater.

Much of the time, the puppet is not the best choice in the world. Our Masters of the Universe will always deal with those kinds of problems later.

They just want the dopamine rush from exercising their sociopathic tendencies, up front.

17 posted on 10/09/2023 9:50:31 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil

Thank you, I get what you’re saying now. I guess I’m not up on my shorthand!


18 posted on 10/09/2023 9:50:59 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (“We should not assume civilization is robust”)
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To: Red Badger

Hopefully all the Israeli assets/snitches in Gaza will help Israel locate the hostages. Hamas should read the Book of Joshua and the story of Rahab sometime.


19 posted on 10/09/2023 9:55:38 AM PDT by Cecily ( )
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To: Red Badger

Breaking*****Hamas has just said anymore of their civilians attacked they will execute one hostage and video it live on Tv.....

Announced on Aljazerra Nws Sit.


20 posted on 10/09/2023 9:56:35 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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