2023-10-09 12:53:00
People abducting Israeli citizens (center) and taking them to Gaza, the Palestinian autonomous region, on the 7th (AP/Kyodo)
[Berlin Kyodo]By the 9th, the German Foreign Ministry announced to Kyodo News that several Germans were among the civilians abducted by the Islamic organization Hamas in an attack on Israel. All are dual citizens of Germany and Israel. For safety reasons, the number of people and personal information will not be made public. It appears that many other foreigners were also involved, including an American and a Thai citizen.
The BBC reported that one of the abductees was a woman in her 20s whose mother was German. She was attending a music festival near the border with Gaza when she was apparently attacked by Hamas. A video of a woman lying on the back of a car carried by militants has been circulating on social media, and it is believed that she may be the woman.
German tabloid Bild also reported that another German woman was feared to have been abducted along with her three-year-old and five-year-old daughters.
In an interview on MSNBC television on the 9th, US State Department Spokesman Miller revealed that nine Americans were killed in the attack by Hamas.
Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 9th that 12 Thai nationals were killed at the scene. Eleven other people, believed to be workers, were also abducted.
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