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Hostage families’ agony & IDF special forces Gaza plan


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London relatives of pensioners kidnapped by Hamas in Israel told how their elderly parents were forced from their beds and taken to Gaza as hostages.

Noam Sagi, whose 75-year-old mother, Ada, along with Sharone Lifschitz’s mum and dad, aged 83 and 85, were kidnapped as squads of heavily-armed Hamas gunmen launched terror attacks across southern Israel.

The British-Israelis spoke out to highlight the desperate plight of 17 Britons, including children, are dead or missing - while at the London press conference it was revealed a six-month-old baby is among Hamas captives.

As Israel’s war with Hamas escalates with retaliatory rockets pounding the Gaza Strip and infrastructure’s cut off for Palestinians living there, what now the military strategy - and chances of rescuing what’s believed to be around 150 hostages? 

In-depth analysis with Evening Standard defence editor Robert Fox.

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