Families of 5 female IDF members release video of their abduction by Hamas

Israeli television has aired previously withheld video of five pajama-clad female army conscripts being seized by Hamas gunmen during the Oct. 7 raid that triggered the Gaza war. The Hostages Families Forum, which represents relatives of the 124 people still held by Hamas, released the video, saying it was recovered from bodycams worn by gunmen who had attacked the Nahal Oz base in southern Israel, where the women served as surveillance spotters.

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