"Hamas wants you to forget...": Israel shares disturbing video of women soldiers' kidnapping
Gaza ceasefire deal. The women—Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, and Liri Albag—were serving as observers at the Nahal Oz army base near Gaza when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, and captured them.
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The soldiers, dressed in army green, were paraded before a crowd of thousands in Gaza City just hours before being released. They were later transferred to Red Cross vans that brought them back home to Israel. In exchange for the hostages' release, Israel freed 200 Palestinian prisoners as per the ceasefire agreement.
The four women—Liri (19), Naama (20), Karina (20), and Daniella (20)—were among the first to be captured by Hamas, which killed approximately 1,200 people and took around 250 others into Gaza. The attack on the army base was filmed by Hamas forces, showing the women in their pyjamas, covered in blood, and handcuffed against a wall.
In an effort to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into reaching a hostage release deal, the video of their capture was re-released by the families of the women in May. On Sunday, Israel shared the video again in a post on X, hours after the women reunited with their families. The post caption read, «Hamas wants you to forget the images of Liri, Daniella, Karina, and Naama on October 7—dragged from their
