- Aisha Ziadna was snatched alongside along with her father and two brothers on October 7
A Muslim household has appealed to Hamas terrorists to launch a 17-year-old lady snatched alongside along with her father and two brothers.
Aisha Ziadna was working in a dairy along with her dad Yosef, 53, Bilal, 18, and Hamza, 23, when Hamas invaded on October 7, killing greater than 1,200 and kidnapping 240.
Her household invited the Mail into their dwelling at Rahat within the Negev desert about 60 miles south from Tel Aviv and only a few minutes’ drive from the border with Gaza.
The household – who’re Bedouins and Israeli residents – have labored at dairy on the Hulit kibbutz for many years.
Aisha Ziadna was working in a dairy along with her dad Yosef, 53, Bilal, 18, and Hamza, 23, when Hamas invaded on October 7, killing greater than 1,200 and kidnapping 240
Aisha’s uncle Ali Ziadna, 58, instructed the Mail: ‘At first we thought they could have been killed and their our bodies burnt due to the devastation however then the Israeli military contacted us to say they have been alive and being held in Gaza’
The household’s dwelling at Rahat within the Negev desert is about 60 miles south from Tel Aviv and only a few minutes’ drive from the border with Gaza
During the October 7 assault on the kibbutz terrorists killed 11 individuals – together with two Americans – and snatched a number of individuals as hostages.
The kibbutz turned well-known because it was the scene of a 17-hour tank battle by an all-female Israeli crew who saved dozens of lives as they fought of the Hamas thugs.
Aisha’s uncle Ali Ziadna, 58, instructed the Mail: ‘At first we thought they could have been killed and their our bodies burnt due to the devastation however then the Israeli military contacted us to say they have been alive and being held in Gaza.
‘They confirmed us footage from site visitors cameras, and we recognised them as they have been being taken away – and now we simply need them again.
‘The household are Muslims. Hamas should know they’re Muslims – why have they taken them? It simply does not make any sense.’
Ali Ziadna stated: ‘They confirmed us footage from site visitors cameras, and we recognised them as they have been being taken away – and now we simply need them again’
Aisha’s father Yosef, 53. Yousef has two wives and 18 youngsters
Aisha’s brother Hamza, 23, who was additionally kidnapped in the course of the October 7 assault
Aisha’s brother Bilal, 18, who was additionally taken on October 7, when Hamas invaded, killing greater than 1,200 and kidnapping 240
Sitting in entrance of his easy dwelling, with a cover over the entrance as shade from the fierce solar, Ali added: ‘It’s the ready that’s the hardest. We have been ready for nearly two months with no information.
‘We simply should hope that the ceasefire continues they usually come again as rapidly as doable. Yosef is diabetic and wishes medication, how do we all know he’s getting insulin?’
The household’s house is on the finish of a mud monitor that slices via the desert, and throughout the featureless flat panorama the Gaza strip can simply been seen on the horizon.
Rubbish litters the highway and minarets tower at Rahat exhibiting the Arabic affect of the city and it’s the largest Bedouin city space on the earth.
Yousef has two wives and 18 youngsters. Aisha had solely not too long ago obtained engaged and Ali stated she was ‘the apple of her father’s eye’.
Offering conventional Arabic espresso to the Mail and dates, Ali added: ‘We later noticed photographs of terrorists with weapons standing over them. It terrified us to see.
‘I simply do not know why Muslims would do that to different Muslims, not to mention some other human beings.
‘There is a ceasefire, and they need to have been launched. I simply do not know why they have not been.
‘The household is Muslim and possibly praying with the Hamas terrorists so they need to know they’re the identical faith and will free them.
‘Now there’s speak of the ceasefire stopping within the subsequent few days. We want them again dwelling as quickly as doable.
‘Israel and the remainder of the world should do all it may well. Many have returned previous couple of days however why have they not returned?
‘I’m glad for these which were reunited with their households, however we wish to have some pleasure as properly.
‘My mom hasn’t stopped crying – the entire village is crying. If I do not get information quickly I’ll go to Gaza myself to battle the terrorists and produce them dwelling.
Ali added: ‘We later noticed photographs of terrorists with weapons standing over them. It terrified us to see’
The bedouin village close to Rihat, Israel, the place the household reside
Ali stated: ‘We simply should hope that the ceasefire continues they usually come again as rapidly as doable. Yosef is diabetic and wishes medication, how do we all know he’s getting insulin?’
Ali Ziadna and household family members
‘They cherished working on the kibbutz and have been buddies with everybody there, they’d dinner and swam collectively, it was one huge household.’
Retired policeman Ali stated: ‘The complete household are believers, they usually pray day by day. Hamas should recognise this. They deserve mercy as do all the opposite hostages.
‘My brother and his household are simply easy labourers. They have been doing their job – they weren’t there to battle.
‘What the terrorists of Hamas did contradicts Islam. Islam is towards killing. This has nothing to do with faith.’
Aisha together with ten-month-old Kfir Bibas, and his brother Ariel, 4, are believed to be the one youngsters nonetheless being held by Hamas.
Israel’s ambassador to Azerbaijan, George Deek, stated: ‘It is obvious that, not like the opposite youngsters and younger women. Aisha just isn’t being launched by Hamas as a result of it’s ashamed to confess that can be kidnapped Muslims.
‘Her case should stay within the highlight as a result of it reveals that Hamas’s contempt for human lives is extra vital than non secular solidarity.’