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 Israel has shared a graphic footage of kidnapping of seven female Israeli soldiers by Hamas terrorists during the October 7 attack. The video was released by the Hostages Families Forum. Hamas tells woman hostage “They have been held hostage by Hamas terrorists for more than 230 days (8 months). Think of what that means for these young women,” the X account of Israel said as it shared the over 3-minuted long video. The five female soldiers were allegedly abducted from the Nahal Oz base. The harrowing footage, captured by body cameras worn by the attackers, reveals the kidnappings of Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Daniella Gilboa, and Naama Levy, as per a report by the Times of Israel. In the video, five women, some still in their pyjamas, are seen lined up against a wall by the Hamas terrorists. Their hands are tied and some have blood on their faces. One of the terrorists is seen pointing at the women and saying: "Here are the girls, women, who can get pregnant. These ar...

 AS VIOLENCE ESCALATED in Israel-Palestine during the spring of 2021, Hazem Nasser did what he was called to do: He began filming. At the time, Nasser was working as a journalist for the Palestinian television network Falastin Al-Ghad, and his footage captured the rising tensions amid Jewish nationalist marches , Palestinian demonstrations, and Israeli police brutality in Jerusalem. On May 10, Nasser set out to film a clash between Palestinian protesters and the Israeli army in the northern occupied West Bank. The day sticks out in Nasser’s memory — not for the clash itself, nor for the military strikes that began later that evening between Hamas and Israel, but for what happened to him afterward. Nasser was on his way home when he was stopped by Israeli soldiers at the Huwara checkpoint and taken away for interrogations. Nasser languished in detention for more than a month while the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, repeatedly interrogated him. “All the questions were ...