Hungarian citizens also taken hostage by Hamas in Israel

The Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has acknowledged that the Hamas terrorist organisation has taken two Hungarian citizens hostage.

Hetek interviewed a Hungarian-Israeli mother whose two daughters were abducted by Hamas terrorists on 7 October. The latest information she has about her children is a video of them sobbing on a mattress.

The girls were staying with her ex-husband and his family when the terrorists abducted them.

A video was later obtained by the woman. It was recorded with her daughter’s phone by the terrorists. They shot her ex-husband in the leg and then took his older son. As the adolescent was uncooperative, the terrorist organisation executed him and his parents, while the two girls, Ella and Dafna, were taken along.

Later, the mother also received a photograph of her daughters sitting on a mattress in captivity, dressed in prayer clothes by the terrorists, with the caption in Arabic that Dafna is ready for prayers, as reported by telex.hu.

“We are in constant contact with the mother and the special task force set up by the Israeli authorities. The children hold dual Hungarian-Israeli citizenship, and we are doing our utmost to secure their release. However, for security concerns, we are not in a position to share any more details with the public. To date, there are still no Hungarian victims of the terrorist attack,” stated Foreign Affairs Spokesman Máté Paczolay.