Kibbutzim close to the border with Gaza were attacked on 7 October |
TEL AVIV, Israel
Two Tanzanians and a South
African are among the 224 hostages being held by Hamas after the 7 October
attacks in Israel, the Israeli government says.
None of the three has been
named.
The Tanzanian authorities had
previously confirmed that two of its citizens were missing. The BBC has spoken
to the family of one of them, Joshua Mollel, who was an agriculture student on
a kibbutz that was targeted.
Foreigners from 25 countries
in all are being held by Hamas, Israel says.
They make up 135 of the 224
being held - the largest number, 54, are from Thailand.
The South African authorities
have not commented on the report that one of its citizens is among the
hostages.
They were taken when militants
from Hamas - which Israel, the UK, US and other powers class as a terrorist
organisation - crossed into Israel from Gaza killing at least 1,400 people.
Israel has since retaliated
with air strikes on Gaza, which the Hamas-run health ministry says have killed
almost 6,500 people.
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