Relatives of Israeli hostages describe Hamas attack as ‘second Holocaust’

The Hamas invasion of Israel amounts to a “second Holocaust”, British families of Israeli hostages have said.

The mother of Noam Sagi, 53, and the parents of Sharon Lifschitz, 52, were taken hostage after Hamas fighters entered Kibbutz Nir Oz near the border with Gaza on Saturday 7 October.

Babies are reported to have been murdered on the kibbutz and the invasion has claimed at least 2,400 lives so far.

Mr Sagi told reporters he should be celebrating his mother Ada’s 75th birthday but she had been kidnapped by Hamas.

He said the situation has created “the biggest hostage crisis the world has faced in decades”.