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kidnapped

adjective as in abducted

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Seven of my family members were kidnapped - my older sister was kidnapped, her daughter, her grandchildren.

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Brothers Ariel and David Cunio, 28 and 35, were taken hostage in Nir Oz, a kibbutz near the Gaza border where more than a quarter of the population was either killed or kidnapped.

This morning Hamas killed one Dughmush clan member, and reportedly kidnapped another 30.

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In March 2014 during a visit to the border with Colombia, she was kidnapped for several hours by armed hoodlums.

Many have forgotten that, in November 2023, one month into the war, President Joe Biden secured a ceasefire deal that freed 100 Israeli hostages, almost half of those kidnapped in Hamas’ Oct.

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