The missing israelis after the surprise offensive launched this Saturday by Hamas amount to at least 750, according to ‘The Jerusalem Post’, although neither the Palestinian militias nor the Israeli Government have given a specific figure. Never have so many different Israeli citizens been kidnapped in such a short time.

Among those kidnapped are young people attending a music festival in a rural area near the Gaza-Israel border. The videos spread on the networks show how, while the attendees danced and had fun, in the sky you could already see the terrorists approaching on paragliders. Although the young people, terrified, fled in haste, several were captured by Hamas men.

For Pablo del Amo, coordinator of ‘Deciphering the War’, “what stands out the most to us is the fact that they have obtained so many hostages.” Furthermore, he highlights, “we speak not only civil, but military and some may even be of high rank.

Among the hostages there is also a Israeli family held by militants of Hamas after killing the sister of the girl who appears in the video above. Also missing are a mother and her daughters, while pages with photographs of them circulate on social networks. dozens of people missing.

In 2011, Israel released 1,027 detainees in exchange for an Israeli soldier detained in Gaza and now, according to Luis Núñez, co-director of the Institute for Conflict Studies and Humanitarian Action, “no matter how much an apparently harsh discourse is maintained,” the country “is in a very difficult situation” and “you’re going to have to finally negotiate and reach some kind of agreement with these groups.