Six Argentines kidnapped by Hamas

In Kibbutz Nir Itzak, near the border with Gaza, it was announced that six Argentines had been kidnapped by Hamas: Louis Harr, Clara Merman, Fernando Merman, Gabriela Merman and Mia Lenneberg.

The sixth of them is Lior Rodaev, a member of the kibbutz’s security team. He was 61 years old, and was kidnapped along with three other Israeli companions who were also members of the security team, according to a resident of this kibbutz, Yanet Kuijnbaum, a 57-year-old Uruguayan who witnessed the attack. Radio France International (RFI).

Specifically, an Israeli army spokesman said on Wednesday that Argentine, Italian and Brazilian citizens are among the hostages held by the Islamic fundamentalist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip.

Some 1,200 Israelis were killed, 2,700 wounded, and Hamas held dozens of Israelis hostage inside Gaza, many of them dual citizens. So this is not only an Israeli challenge, it is something that concerns many free countries in the world. “Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said in a video posted by the IDF on X or Twitter.

“These are Americans, British, French, Germans, Italians, Brazilians, people from Argentina, Ukraine and many other countries. I cannot remember the whole list because it is too long. These are the civilians that Hamas has dragged into Gaza and is holding.” “We are committed to saving them,” Conricus added, without providing further details.

A Uruguayan woman living in the kibbutz where the six kidnapped Argentines were located, who spoke to Radio France Internationale, stated that “it was Saturday at 6:30 in the morning” when “the militias entered the kibbutz, not only our kibbutz, but also the kibbutz next door.” “They start smashing doors and windows and entering homes. They try to open the security doors.”

Yanet Quaigenbaum added, “In Nir Itzak we have ten people missing, two dead and many wounded. The army did not appear until five o’clock in the afternoon. They arrived, and they were fighting the whole time, let’s say, in different places until they made it.” To reach the kibbutz.

He continued: “There they are asking us to have everyone who can grab mattresses and pillows come to the five protected kindergartens we have. It took ten hours for them to arrive and the next day we were told that they would evacuate.” all of us. We’re talking about over 500 people. The entire kibbutz leaves with a unit to the south. I came to my daughter’s house, here next to Tel Aviv. And of course, 90% of people in panic attack people say they don’t want to come back.