Horrifying footage shows the moment an Israeli mother and her two young sons were kidnapped by Hamas fighters on Saturday during the Palestinian terror group’s surprise attack on the Jewish state.
Shiri Silberman-Bibas, 30, looked wide-eyed and terrified as she clutched her two young red-haired children — aged 3 and 9 months — to her chest as Hamas terrorists ordered her, according to a short clip circulating online.
The family had been hiding in the safe room of their home in a village near the Gaza border when gunmen broke into their home, according to a report.
Silberman-Bibas was huddled in a room with her husband, Yarden Bibas, and two boys, Kfir and Ariel, when they heard gunmen firing automatic weapons outside their window, the New York Times reported.
Bibas, 36, who was armed with a small pistol when they hid, sent text messages to family members during the terrifying attack, according to the newspaper.
“I love you all,” he wrote.
Half an hour passed and he texted again: “They’re coming in” — his last message, according to the Times.
Family members fear the worst after the silence. Then they saw Silberman-Bibas and the bright red hair of the couple’s son in footage circulating on social media.
Bibas is nowhere to be seen in the short clip.
Silberman-Bibas’ parents, Yossi and Margit Silberman, are also missing and are feared to have been taken hostage by Hamas, the Times reported.
“I just hope they’re alive, and they’re together. And I want them to come home, with me, so I can hug them tight again,” the couple’s nephew Yifat Zeiler told the publication through tears.
He called the situation “catastrophic.”
The young family had been hiding in the safe room of their home when Yarden Bibas’ father texted family members that Hamas had entered their home. Facebook
The young family is believed to be just a handful of 150 Israelis – including women, children and the elderly – kidnapped by Hamas and taken into Gaza. Another 900 Israelis were killed by Hamas, government officials said.
The situation for kidnapped Israelis is dire as the military wing of Hamas threatened on Monday that it would kill a prisoner for every Israeli airstrike “targeting innocent civilians.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to exact “great revenge” on Hamas after the group launched its worst attack on the Jewish state in 50 years.
Heavy Israeli airstrikes since then have killed 687 Palestinians, including children, according to Gaza health authorities and left hundreds of thousands homeless.
More than 187,500 people have been displaced across Gaza since the fighting began several days ago, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a report.
Kfir, 9 months, and Ariel, 3, are among the youngest hostages taken by Hamas militants. Facebook
Many of the combined 1,600 dead on both sides were innocent civilians and thousands more were injured.
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