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kidnapped

adjective as in abducted

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“I’m being kidnapped,” Mr. Sharabi realizes.

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The group also kidnapped roughly 250 hostages.

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Both of her husband’s brothers were kidnapped by Hamas in the Oct.

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The initial Hamas assault left about 1,200 Israelis dead and more than 250 kidnapped.

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In a post on X, Netanyahu added that Israel would continue to act to achieve its war aims: "The return of all the kidnapped, the elimination of the Hamas regime and the promise that Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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