- by cnn
- 15 Aug 2024
Hamas captured a number of Israelis during its deadly attack on Israel on Saturday, the Israeli military said, as videos emerged of Israeli soldiers and civilians being taken away by fighters from the Palestinian militant group.
Hamas fired rockets from Gaza and sent gunmen into Israeli territory, prompting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare that the country is "at war." At least 200 people in Israel were killed in the unprecedented attack, according to Israel's emergency rescue service, Zaka, and at least 1,452 people have been wounded, the Israeli Health Ministry said on Saturday.
At least 232 Palestinians were killed in Gaza on Saturday, with 1,697 injured, the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said in a statement.
At least one Israeli soldier has been taken prisoner, a new video geolocated and authenticated by CNN shows.
The video, posted to Hamas' official social media accounts, shows militants yank two clearly terrified and stunned soldiers out of a disabled tank. It's unclear from the video how the tank was disabled, but Hamas has used drones to drop bombs onto Israeli tanks before.
One of the soldiers is then seen in a short snippet of video being kicked on the ground by the militants. In another clip, the soldier is seen lying motionless on the ground.
The second soldier is seen being led away by Hamas militants.
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