Abductions and hostages
Records of the abductions of October 7, 2023 and of hostages held in Gaza, including videos released by their captors.
Records: 37
October 7, 2023
Records: 31- October 7, 2023: compilation of raw footage from the Hamas-led attack on Israel Raw footage from across southern Israel on October 7, 2023, much of it recorded by the attackers themselves. Video
- Injured Israeli woman forced into a vehicle by armed men on October 7 Footage of an injured, bleeding Israeli woman being handled roughly by armed men and taken away on October 7, 2023.
- Injured young woman found hiding near the Nova festival and threatened with abduction A gunman films a wounded young woman he has found hiding alone during the Nova festival massacre, and speaks of taking her away.
- Body of an elderly Israeli man taken into Gaza and abused by a crowd A livestream from Gaza on October 7 showing the body of an elderly Israeli man surrounded and abused by a crowd chanting "Allahu Akbar".
- A woman and a family with children driven away on a truck Abductees, including a woman and children covering their faces, are driven away on the back of a vehicle during the October 7 attacks.
- Two bodies taken after the October 7 massacre, surrounded by a crowd The bodies of two people taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023, with a crowd pressing around them.
- Yaffa Adar, 85, driven into Gaza on a golf cart by her abductors Her abductors livestreamed Yaffa Adar, a grandmother from Kibbutz Nir Oz, as they drove her toward Gaza on October 7, 2023. Video
- Wounded festivalgoers loaded onto a vehicle after a shelter attack After grenades were thrown into a roadside shelter, survivors were loaded onto a vehicle and taken away.
- Bound captives cursed and beaten in the back of a pickup truck Captives with their hands bound are cursed at and beaten while being driven toward Gaza in a pickup truck on October 7.
- Al-Shifa Hospital, October 7: abductees brought in surrounded by armed men Hospital footage published in November 2023 showing two abductees brought into Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 7, surrounded by armed men.
- Noa Argamani and her boyfriend abducted from the Nova festival The abduction of Noa Argamani from the Nova festival on October 7, 2023: she is carried off on a motorcycle while her boyfriend is led away on foot. Video
- Israeli Arab man captured in a bomb shelter near Re'im Footage of armed men capturing an Arab citizen of Israel who had taken cover in a bomb shelter near Re'im on October 7. Video
- Body of Shani Louk who was murdered at the Nova festival is taken to Gaza by terrorists The body of Shani Louk, killed at the Nova festival on October 7, 2023, taken into Gaza by her killers. Video
- Five young men taken captive from the Nova festival Footage of five young men being forcibly taken from the Nova festival area on October 7, 2023.
- Armed men in civilian clothes carry the naked body of an Israeli Livestream of armed men in civilian clothing, who took part in the October 7 attack, carrying the naked body of a dead Israeli.
- Israeli woman abducted by men in civilian clothing on October 7 Footage of an Israeli woman being abducted on October 7, 2023 by men in civilian clothing.
- Tamir Adar of Nir Oz: killed on October 7 and his body taken to Gaza Tamir Adar of Kibbutz Nir Oz was killed defending his community on October 7, 2023, and his body was taken into Gaza.
- Woman shot in the back while trying to escape her captors near Mefalsim Security camera and dashcam footage near Kibbutz Mefalsim of an Israeli woman shot in the back as she tried to run from her abductors.
- Young Israeli man killed after resisting abduction A young Israeli man who resisted being abducted on October 7, 2023 is killed by his captors.
- Joshua Mollel: Tanzanian agricultural student killed at Nahal Oz Joshua Mollel, an agricultural intern from Tanzania, was killed at Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023, and his body was taken into Gaza.
- Three hostages on the day of their abduction to Gaza Three Israelis on October 7, 2023, the day they were abducted into the Gaza Strip.
- Three young Israeli women kidnapped by terrorists on October 7th, they look bloody, beaten and abused Three young Israeli women, bloodied and beaten, are shown off by their abductors on October 7, 2023 as they are taken toward Gaza. Video
- The abduction of Yarden Bibas from Kibbutz Nir Oz Footage of the abduction of Yarden Bibas, who was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023 while his wife and two young sons were seized separately.
- Videos of the abduction of young Israeli women on October 7 Young Israeli women being violently abducted on October 7, 2023.
- Terrorists film 2 dead Israeli bodies which they have taken to Gaza, one male soldier and one female civilian from the Nova festival Footage filmed in Gaza on October 7, 2023 of the bodies of two Israelis taken across the border: a male soldier and a young woman from the Nova festival. Video
- Gazan terrorists takes a video with an elderly Israeli woman on October 7th before kidnapping her Gunmen from Gaza film themselves with an elderly Israeli woman on October 7, 2023, before abducting her into the Gaza Strip. Video
- Terrorists from Gaza taking Israeli elderly, women and children hostages, kidnapping them to Gaza Footage from October 7, 2023 of gunmen from Gaza seizing Israeli elderly people, women and children and taking them as hostages into the Gaza Strip. Video
- Hostage taken by terrorists to Gaza is being beaten by "civilians" while crossing by motorcycle into Gaza On October 7, 2023, an Israeli hostage being driven into Gaza on a motorcycle is beaten by a crowd of Gazans in civilian clothing at the border. Video
- Hamas terrorists kidnapping children and women from Israel, many of them were murdered in captivity Mixed clips from October 7, 2023 of Hamas terrorists bringing children, older women and other captives from Israel into Gaza. Video
- An armed Hamas terrorist takes an elderly sick Israeli woman hostage On October 7, 2023, an armed Hamas terrorist stands over an elderly, sick Israeli woman he has taken hostage. Video
- Terrorists in Gaza with an elderly Israeli woman hostage on a motorcycle On October 7, 2023, terrorists in Gaza carry an elderly Israeli woman they have taken hostage on a motorcycle. Video
Hostages in Gaza
Records: 6- Arye Zalmanovich: video released by his captors after his death in Gaza A video released by his captors in November 2023 showing Arye Zalmanovich, an elderly hostage from Kibbutz Nir Oz, before and after his death.
- Sa'ar Baruch: hostage from Kibbutz Be'eri killed in Gaza Sa'ar Baruch, abducted from Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, 2023, was killed while held hostage in Gaza.
- Captors release a propaganda video of three female hostages A video released by the captors in Gaza showing three Israeli women held hostage.
- Eight-year-old hostage forced to recite texts in captivity A video in which an eight-year-old hostage is made to recite texts by captors in Gaza.
- Evyatar David shown starving in a Hamas tunnel A propaganda video released by Hamas in August 2025 showing the hostage Evyatar David, severely emaciated, in a tunnel in Gaza.
- Video shows hostages forced to reenact Holocaust humiliation A video in which Hamas forces hostages to reenact scenes of Holocaust humiliation.