Among them is the daughter of a Brazilian 155 Israelis were taken hostage by Hamas in Gaza. The family says they received the information from the Israeli government itself after a DNA sample failed to identify it among them more than 1,300 dead for the attack by the extremist group a week ago.
Nanny Celeste Fishbein, 18, was living in a kibbutz, a type of rural community in Israel, when she disappeared after the Hamas invasion. The main hypothesis is that she was kidnapped by members of the extremist group.
In recent days, the family searched hospitals and information centers in Israel for information about Celeste’s whereabouts. But the collection of a DNA sample from her mother compared to the bodies of those killed in the attack suggests she was among the Hamas hostages, according to information provided by the Israeli government to Celeste’s relatives.
“Celeste worked as a nanny near the Gaza Strip. [O governo de Israel também confirmou que] Your phone is in Gaza. This suggests that she is one of the people taken hostage by Hamas. Apparently she was taken with her boyfriend. We hope he’s alive. We have great hope that everything will turn out well, even if it is in the hands of these Hamas murderers. Unfortunately, many people were murdered,” says Mario Ricardo Fishbein, Celeste’s uncle.
Celeste’s uncle also said that other family members only escaped the attack because they hid in a bunker. “My 94yearold mother, her caregiver, my sister and my nephew were at home when they were locked there for 20 hours to avoid the attack while terrorists did everything they could to exterminate them,” Fishbein reported in an interview for the report.
He also said the family stayed in touch with Celeste via WhatsApp. “But then we lost contact with her and my family was saved,” he said.
At least 3,600 dead between Israel and Hamas
According to official figures from authorities on both sides, the conflict between Israel and Hamas has already cost at least 3,600 people their lives.
The death toll in Gaza from Israeli bombings continues to rise. The Palestinian Ministry of Health reports 2,329 deaths this Sunday morning.
Israel counts 1,300 dead in last week’s Hamas attacks. At least 126 people were taken hostage by Hamas, although this number could be higher. In addition to these deaths, Israel said it found 1,500 bodies of Hamas members on its territory last Tuesday (October 10).
(Folhapress)