From elderly grandparents to young children, these are the people known to have been taken captive.
Elderly grandparents and young children were among those identified by relatives as having been captured by Hamas
were taken hostage by Hamas, said Channah's daughter Ayelet Svatitzky, who was speaking to them on the phone when the gunmen burst in. She said the militants sent pictures of her two relatives, who both have diabetes, with armed men in the background., were taken from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, their daughter-in-law Noa told the BBC. The family last spoke to the couple on Saturday morning during the attack, Noa said, when the couple were in their safe room.
, were kidnapped from their home in the Bari kibbutz, according to the non-profit she founded, Fair Planet. Fair Planet said they lost contact with Dr Haran after the attack by Hamas, but Avshal's phone was tracked to Gaza and they believe the whole family was taken. Avshal is aged 65, Naveh is aged eight and Yahel is three., 85, was kidnapped from a kibbutz close to the border with Gaza. Her granddaughter Adva found a video of her being taken to Gaza, surrounded by four armed men.
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