HAMAS last night released their first clip of a wounded Israeli hostage being held captive in the Gaza Strip as she begged to be returned home.
Mia Shem, 21, was snatched by the Palestinian terror group during their initial brutal assault on Israel at the Supernova music festival on October 7.
Mia Shem, 21, was taken hostage by Hamas during their storming of the Supernova music festival on October 7
Mia is one of over 190 people kidnapped by the terror group, according to Israeli authorities
Hundreds of festivalgoers were seen fleeing the Hamas terrorists – but at least 260 lost their lives in the brutal massacreTwitter
ReutersMia’s mother Keren Shem held up a photo of her daughter on TV this morning following the release of the hostage video[/caption]
The one-minute-long clip posed to Telegram showed Israeli-French Mia gazing tiredly into the camera, as her arm lay wrapped in a sling in her lap.
She is then shown receiving medical care for her wounded arm before telling the camera she is being held in Gaza and pleading for her release.
“They are taking care of me, giving me medicine, everything is fine,” she said in the video.
“I only ask that they bring me home as soon as possible to my parents, to my siblings.
“Get me out of here as soon as possible. Please.”
She also mentioned that she had just undergone a three-hour-long surgery in Gaza, according to a translation from Hebrew by the Jerusalem Post.
The Israel Defense Forces [IDF] confirmed that Mia had been kidnapped by Hamas terrorists last week during the music festival massacre that left 260 partygoers dead.
Witnesses said the Palestinian militants cut the power and opened fire – with shocking footage showing terrified ravers fleeing the site.
“In the video published by Hamas, they try to portray themselves as humane,” the IDF wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“However, they are a horrific terrorist organization responsible for the murder and abduction of babies, children, men, women and the elderly.”
The IDF added that it was continuing to work “with all the intelligence and operational means” to return the more than 190 hostages taken by the terrorist group.
Mia’s aunt Galit told Israeli media that the family had seen the disturbing hostage video and confirmed it was her.
“Today [the family] called me screaming and told me that they see Mia in a video on Telegram,” she said.
“I saw her, and I thought I was dreaming. I finally saw the girl after all this time.
“She looks hurt and scared – but at least she’s alive.”
She added that seeing the tape was a significant moment for the family, as they realised she was still alive.
“We demand that the countries of the free world make sure that she return to us.
She was with a very good friend of hers – Elya Toledano, and we heard nothing more about him. We want to know he’s okay,” she added.
Mia’s mother, Keren Shem, last spoke to her daughter the day before Hamas’ surprise attack on southern Israel.
“She called me to say she was going to a party down south,” she said, according to the Times.
“I asked her where, and she said she wasn’t sure.”
When she learned of the bloody raid the following morning, she desperately called her daughter but never got an answer.
The frantic mother said she joined two WhatsApp groups of families and friends with missing loved ones from the music festival — only to be hit with a wave of messages from people claiming to be affiliated with Hamas, threatening to harm her daughter.
Speaking at a press conference in Tel Aviv this morning, Mia’s devastated mother broke down while holding up a photo of her stolen daughter.
“I ask world leaders that my daughter be returned to us in the state that she is today, as well as the other hostages,” she said.
“I beg the world to return my baby to me,” she added after French President Emmanuel Macron demanded her immediate and unconditional release.
“Now she is in Gaza. She is not the only one. There are many adults, children, babies, and Holocaust survivors,” she said of other Israelis and foreigners held by militants.
“It is a crime against humanity. All together we need to stop this terror.”
Shem said she had not known whether her daughter “was alive or dead” until Hamas released the video footage of her.
“There was a rumour saying that she was wounded in the shoulder or the leg. She was wounded in the hand. She was operated on,” the tearful mother said.
“She looks terrified. She says what they tell her to say. I’m really worried about her.
“We have undergone an outrageous terrorist attack that could be in France tomorrow or the US. The enemy is evil,” she added.
Also kidnapped by cruel Hamas killers is 22-year-old Shani Louk, who was last seen alive in a horrifying clip that showed militants parading her naked body before spitting on it.
Her desperate grandmother Nicole Louk revealed she is willing to go to Gaza to rescue her beloved granddaughter from the hands of Hamas.
Speaking to the French news channel La Chaine Info [LCI], the devastated grandma claimed: “Shani is alive, but badly injured in the head”.
It follows reports that the family obtained information suggesting Shani had not been killed, despite viral images showing her seemingly lifeless body being abused by cruel Hamas terrorists.
Meanwhile, a chilling rant was sent from the phone of Shani’s missing boyfriend, Orión Hernández Radoux, 30, amid fears he too has been abducted by Hamas terrorists.
Harrowing messages written in Arabic were sent from the dad’s phone as his family desperately tried to find out what had happened to him.
Sick texts seen by The Sun say “I spit on you” and “God damn you”.
They also vow to “liberate Palestine” and make it “free of Zionists”.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has now vowed to “exterminate the bloody monsters” who unleashed hell on his country.
“Hamas thought we would break up – we will break up Hamas,” he raged”.
TikTokMia attended the festival with a friend who is still missing – the photo above is not confirmed to have been taken at Supernova[/caption]
EPAKeren begged the world to ‘return my baby to me’[/caption]
The 21-year-old last spoke to her family the day before she was snatched by the Palestinian terrorist group
AFPMia’s devastated mum spoke to the press in Tel Aviv this morning[/caption]
TelegramHorrifying drone footage showed the aftermath of the festival massacre in Israel[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
