Women, infants and disabled people among about 100 thought to have been taken by Palestinian militants as ‘insurance policy’
On Sunday evening, Israelis whose family members have been taken hostage by Hamas militants gathered to hold a news conference, with the eyes of the world focused on their grief.
“My two little girls, they’re only babies. They’re not even five-years-old and three-years-old,” said Yoni Asher, who recounted seeing video of gunmen seizing his wife and two small daughters.