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Hamas releases first video of a hostage taken to Gaza

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Hamas releases first video of a hostage taken to Gaza | CNN

The short video clip shows Mia Schem lying on a bed, her right arm being bandaged by someone out of the frame. A long, fresh scar is clearly visible.

Schem, a 21-year-old French-Israeli woman, is being held hostage by the militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The video released by Hamas on Monday is the first footage of any of the dozens of people held in the enclave.

Speaking into the camera, Schem, who looks pale, but is sitting up straight with her head held high, says she was injured and taken to Gaza, then pleads to be returned to her family.

As she speaks, loud rumbling can be heard in the background.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday in Tel Aviv, Schem’s mother urged the government and world leaders to bring her daughter back home.

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Whenever people go, "This is fucked up. Kidnapping people."
Some asshole always replies, "Well what about what X is doing?"
Get ready.
- Yes. Whataboutism is what trolls and bad faith players use to detract. Don't let them. Don't even engage. Just downvote and move on.
  
  "Your side is kidnapping people, it's fucked up."
  "So is yours."
  "WHATABOUTISM, DOWNVOTED."
  Yeah that's the level of communication I expected.
- Two things can be messed up at once. There's hope yet for the safe release of the hostages if Israel and America are willing to cooperate and openly communicate with Hamas officials. Bombing hospitals hasn't done much to stabilize things in the region or progress talks with regards to releasing the hostages. Israel must commit to a ceasefire, and must co-operate firstly with red cross and the UN, secondly with Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran to prevent this from escalating into a war on multiple fronts. Everyone wants the hostages to be released safely.
  
  Still sticking to the Israeli air strike story huh? Nice, makes it clear how objective you are
  
  And even more violence could have been prevented if Hamas had cooperated and openly communicated with Israel before they attacked and took hostages. /s
- If all the Raw I watched in the late 90s taught me anything it's that X's telling people to "Suck it"
  
  Is Raw some sort of gay porn?
- Kidnapping is fucked up. You shouldn't kidnap people. Including the millions in Gaza who have been kidnapped and imprisoned. This isn't a whataboutism as you describe, this is making sure you realize these actions are bad even when your side does them.
  We all know Hamas is bad - what we're trying to drill into your skull is that Israel is doing the same fucking shit as Hamas.
I'm really curios what real Palestinians think about their government which is led by a terrorist group.
- Not defending Hanas but just curious, if you were living in Gaza under seige and oppression, what would an ideal government be like from your prespective?
  I personally cant rhink of any.
  
  You’re putting yourself in other peoples’ shoes. That’s not how we judge people. Might I suggest entitlement or privilege to curb this behavior in the future?
  
  I would say not a group based on some religious nonsense. I get all this us versus them mindset, but I personally would never follow or vote for a group that wants to eradicate people because of what god they believe in. I just can't understand this mentality and never will. This is one of the reasons I exited the church...
  
  Well, you've got a direct parallel with Fatah and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank who don't openly plot to murder civilians, so at the very least, I'd probably prefer them.
- They live in an open air prison, would you be surprised if most of them support those lunatics?
  
  They live in a city, not an open air prison.
  
  yes it would actually suprise me.
- I think they are scared shitless
- 50% of the people living in gaza are children. So they probably dont think much about their ideal government
  
  What worries me is what they're learning as children. Indoctrination is a powerful and despicable tool. I heard, but cannot verify, that Hamas shows radicalizing cartoons to them. It certainly seems likely that they are influenced to see Hamas favorably.
  So even if they do support Hamas, they've been brainwashed into it, and their daily reality reinforces it. This doesn't excuse anything at all but man. I just want those kids to have a peaceful life, free of hate and free from attacks. They need to be hugged and deprogrammed.
- I only know one and he hated Hamas or any of the other terrorist groups. He supported a single state under Israel.
  He stance was most people just want to have a good job, raise their family and live in peace. Israel has shown to be successful and the Palestinians should join the success.
  He lives in America now. He was able to leave and come here.
  He is Muslim.
  He felt Hamas, etc are there just to stir the pot to keep themselves in power.
  
  People reach different conclusions. Some are willing to leave their homes and find peace somewhere else, while other fight back. Both will hate each other, for one to never have loyalty to their home and the other for causing more mesary.
  There are no right and wrong for these two.
- Palestine is unfortunately considered as a tool by the east through Iran to pressure the west by threating Israel.
  The west usually leverage this pressure to bomb Palestine and gain more ground to build settlements.
  After years of suffering, some palestinains would rather die defending their homeland.
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- It's not like they have a choice about their government. There's no voting and hasn't been for decades.
- No true Scotsman eh?
- The Palestinian Authority is the government Israel allows Palestinians to have. Are you calling Israel a terrorist group?
The video in question
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Speaking into the camera, Schem, who looks pale, but is sitting up straight with her head held high, says she was injured and taken to Gaza, then pleads to be returned to her family.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday in Tel Aviv, Schem’s mother urged the government and world leaders to bring her daughter back home.
Holding a picture of her daughter, Keren Scharf Schem said: “I am begging the world to bring my baby back home, she only went to a festival party to have some fun and now she is in Gaza and she is not the only one.”
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it had informed Schem’s family about her kidnapping last week and are keeping in touch with them at this time.
IDF spokesperson Maj. Libby Weiss told CNN on Tuesday that the release of the video was “another way by Hamas to wage a psychological war” on civilian population of Israel.
Schem was kidnapped from the Nova festival near the Gaza Strip after Hamas fighters launched a terror attack last Saturday that so far killed at least 1,400 people.
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