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Hostage families release horrifying unseen footage of 5 kidnapped female soldiers on Oct 7

A harrowing video of the abduction of female IDF observers has been released

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A still showing the capture and abduction of Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Daniela Gilboa and Naama Levy at the Nahal Oz base on October 7, 2023 (Photo: The Hostages Families Forum)

The parents of five female soldiers kidnapped from the Nahal Oz base will release unseen footage of their kidnap this evening.

Stills from a video captured by the body cameras of Hamas terrorists have been distributed in advance of the video being published.

Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Daniela Gilboa and Na’ama Levy were abducted from the Nahal Oz base on October 7.

The harrowing video and images of the abduction of the hostages show their bloodied faces and distressed expressions.

The video is just over three minutes long and has been edited and censored to exclude the most disturbing scenes.

Scenes not shown in the video include footage of the murdered young men and women at the base and inside the bomb shelter from which the female hostages were taken.

The Hostages Families Forum said: "Every new testimony about what happened to the hostages echoes the same tragic truth – we must bring them all back home, now.

“The State of Israel cannot accept a reality where its citizens constantly feel their lives are threatened and suffer from unrelenting fear and anxiety.

“With each passing day, it becomes more challenging to bring the hostages back home – the living for rehabilitation and the murdered for proper burial.

“The Israeli government must not waste another moment; it must return to the negotiating table today."

Earlier this month the family of IDF Cpl. Noa Marciano, who was also kidnapped from the base, claimed a doctor at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City murdered their daughter.

"They chose to murder her instead of taking care of her. It was a doctor who did it, in a hospital. She was injured by air force bombings and was taken to Shifa," said her parents.

Marciano, 19, was abducted on October 7, from the Nahal Oz Base, where she served as a lookout.

The IDF announced it had recovered Marciano's body in November, in a building adjacent to the Shifah hospital and returned it to Israel for identification.

The military said Marciano was injured and had been transferred by her captors to Shifa Hospital for treatment.

The video can be watched here.

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