HOSTAGES snatched by Hamas could have been buried alive, hidden in secret tunnels across the border or even moved to Egypt, a counter-terrorism expert has warned.
Author Samuel Katz, who spent years observing elite special units of Israel's Defence Forces, explained that the fate of the Israeli hostages is a "nightmare scenario" for Israel.
The terror group has threatened to execute some of the 150 civilian hostages, amid escalation of the conflict.
Hamas issued a chilling warning on Monday, that they would kill a captive for every civilian house bombed in Gaza without warning.
The terrorists have even threatened to release disturbing videos of hostages begging for their lives.
Katz explained how the current hostage situation is unique as there are multiple locations where captives could be held and described it as "uncharted territory."
He told The Sun: "We are in uncharted territories, this is unprecedented.
"Large-scale hostage rescues have usually involved one location- they've involved aircraft trains, tubular assaults that would enable one entry, one exit or multiple points that the rescuers could breach.
“You can have hostages that are now in a tunnel near the Israeli frontier, and you can have hostages that have been moved near the Egyptian border.
“You can have hostages that have been buried alive. The barbarism that was displayed by the attack provides no envelope into how these poor individuals might be treated and where they might be situated."
Desperate families are still waiting for news from their loved ones who have been forcibly snatched by Hamas.
The mum of tattoo artist Shani Louk, who was seized from the Supernova music festival during Saturday's surprise attack, told how she was informed her daughter is still alive.
Another mum described in tears how she listened as Hamas fighters kidnapped her young daughter and elderly mum.
Galit Dan, 53, was five miles away when terrified Noya, 12, whispered in her last message: “Help me.”
While heart-breaking footage showed a screaming mum clutching to her young sons as she was being dragged from her home by Hamas fighters.
Katz explains how dealing with hostage incidents requires a huge amount of manpower including negotiators, psychologists, medical staff, and authorities need to figure out "how to breach, how to enter, how to make sure that the good guys are protected."
It comes as...
- Israeli troops are massing on the border with Gaza ready to 'execute' as 300,000 ready for a ground invasion
- Horrific details continue to emerge after Hamas terrorists mass attack on Israeli civilians over the weekend
- Babies and young children were reportedly slaughtered, with some beheaded, in the kibbutz of Kfar Aza
- 1,200 people have been killed in Israel - while the death toll in Gaza hit 950
- Strikes on Gaza continue - with reports of rockets also being fired into Israel from Lebanon and Syria
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dubbed Hamas 'worse than ISIS' in a phone call with US President Joe Biden
- Families are still desperately waiting for news on hostages captured by Hamas - including tattoo artist Shani Louk
Speaking about the current state the Israeli hostages might be in at the moment, he said: “It is a nightmare situation.
“And I think when we think of what happened over the last 72 hours in Israel and the number of hostages, the number of locations, and the amount of manpower that had to be summoned and the firefights that ensued the Israeli response was remarkable.
"It was dedicated, and in that perspective successful- going into Gaza is going to be a much more difficult situation.
“You have 150, perhaps even more hostages that are spread out in tunnels, in people's homes. We don't know if they're still alive. We don't know their medical condition.
“The intelligence has to be gathered. It has to be accurate and fluid otherwise you find yourself dedicating enormously precious resources around a location that doesn't hold any value."
1 comment:
Calling on all Angels!!! What cowardly punks that take hostages women, children and other innocent people, that did not think this whole thing through, IMO; they compromised their whole communities/the Region/Israel, they murdered, lost all peace progress, and wasted money on weapons; the Hamas are nothing, but drugged up criminals, or madmen who bully using evil means to inflict horror upon good people, in my opinion!
They probably are below a hospital in tunnels there, Hamas need it's drugs, they are demonic, sick soul-less excuses for human-beings, IMO! Israel needs to take the gloves off
for real, and the Region needs to back off while they clean the trash up figuratively, and literally, IMO!
Boy this whole mess is sickening, and prayers for hostages to be found, for Israel to prevail with eradicating evil at their doorsteps once, and for all, IMO! The USA best step up to the plate as well, it's a wake-up call for USA too, and boy do we need new Leadership ASAP, IMO! Everyone needs funds frozen that gave weaponry to Terrorists, IMO!
Follow the $$, how did smelly Hamas acquire all their millions/weapons/funds??? Reputed info varies, Intel needs to get to exactly who, where, why, and how, this grew to be a plan, IMO? Hamas equals demonic numb-nuts, in my opinion! We must pray every chance we get for miracles/divine intervention to help deal with such diabolical evil unleashed on planet Earth, IMO! Get too close to the tree when the lightening strikes and you get struck, no one can live next to Terrorists, IMO! So, USA just lets ANYONE cross here, gives Billions to supposedly Ukraine, other's, with no accountability to American Citizens whose hands funds/weapons/pockets it goes to, right????
This world is upside down, it's like that saying, "Who is running the ship?"??? Humanity has had it's fill of utter insanity from known criminals roaming freely, IMO!
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