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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emine Sinmaz

‘They had no chance’: UK relatives of missing Israelis pray for their release

Noam Sagi and his mother Ada smiling against pink tree blossom
‘Everything in their fibre is about kindness’: Noam Sagi with his mother Ada, an Arabic teacher who campaigned for peace before retiring two years ago. Photograph: Family

As Noam Sagi watched footage of journalists reporting from the Nir Oz kibbutz near the border with Gaza last Saturday, his heart sank when he saw his 75-year-old mother’s burnt-out car in the background.

His family had not heard from Ada since she called in distress earlier that morning to say Hamas gunmen had stormed the kibbutz and she was sheltering in a safe room.

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