A British man is lacking after Hamas attacked a music pageant in Israel, the nation’s embassy within the UK has instructed Sky Information.
Jake Marlowe, 26, has not been heard from since Saturday morning, the embassy mentioned.
It mentioned he was “lacking close to Gaza” after the assault on the pageant in southern Israel.
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It’s understood that the Overseas, Commonwealth and Improvement Workplace is in touch with and aiding the households of a number of individuals in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Mr Marlowe’s mom instructed the Jewish Information her son was working as a part of the safety crew on the dance pageant close to Re’im – a village near the Gaza border.
“He was doing safety at this rave and referred to as me at 4.30am to say all these rockets have been flying over,” she mentioned.
“Then, at about 5.30am, he texted to say, ‘sign very unhealthy, all the pieces OK, will preserve you up to date I promise you,’ and that he loves me.”
She mentioned her son lived in Ma’alot, in northern Israel, having moved to the nation completely two years in the past.
Different individuals on the pageant instructed Israeli media how the music was interrupted by air raid sirens, earlier than Hamas militants opened fireplace.
“The music stopped and there was a rocket siren,” a girl instructed Israel’s N12 Information.
“All of a sudden, out of nowhere, they began taking pictures.”
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One other party-goer, Esther Borochov, mentioned a automotive rammed her automobile as she tried to flee.
She mentioned she performed {dead} till Israeli troopers arrived: “I could not transfer my legs,” she instructed Reuters information company.
“Troopers got here and took us away to the bushes.”
In the meantime, German media reported that German citizen Shani Louk is amongst these lacking.
The destiny of the younger girl, who’s reported to have been kidnapped by Hamas militants, has not been confirmed.
The lady’s mom has appealed for any details about her daughter’s whereabouts in a video posted on social media.
The mom mentioned she might “clearly recognise” her daughter in a video being broadly circulated on-line.
In an interview with German newspaper Bild, kinfolk in Germany mentioned they hoped Ms Louk is alive and will likely be launched.
Hamas assault a ‘nightmare’
Tzipi Hotovely, Israel’s ambassador to the UK, earlier instructed Sky Information {that a} British citizen was in Gaza – however it’s now understood this is not confirmed.
“I do know that Israel is doing all the pieces to verify all of the individuals being saved hostage for the time being within the fingers of Hamas will likely be launched,” she added.
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‘We woke as much as a nightmare’
Ms Hotovely mentioned Israel woke to a “nightmare” after Hamas launched its surprise attack on Saturday.
She mentioned 300 Israelis have been “brutally, barbarically murdered in chilly blood” by individuals who deliberate essentially the most “calculated means” to invade.
Youngsters have been taken from their properties to Gaza, whereas individuals with dementia have been “taken hostage”, she added.
Some 350 Israelis have been killed, based on Israeli media, within the deadliest assault on the nation in a long time, whereas the well being ministry mentioned a minimum of 1,590 individuals had been injured.
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How Hamas assault on Israel unfolded
An Israeli army official mentioned “lots of” of Hamas militants had been killed and dozens captured in retaliatory assaults.
The Palestinian well being ministry mentioned on Sunday morning that a minimum of 313 individuals had died, together with 20 youngsters, and that just about have been 2,000 wounded in Gaza, with seven individuals, together with a toddler, killed by Israeli military fireplace within the West Financial institution.
The Israeli embassy to the US mentioned girls and kids have been amongst greater than 100 troopers and civilians kidnapped by Hamas fighters and that lively hostage conditions have been “ongoing”.