‘Mummy, help me’: The heartbreaking conversation between autistic girl, 12, and her mother before she was surrounded and kidnapped by Hamas terrorists

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A mother has shared the heartbreaking last conversation she had with her 12-year-old daughter before, they believe, she was kidnapped by Hamas on Saturday.

Galit Dan, 53, was five miles away hiding in a panic room when her daughter Noya sent a voice message: ‘Mummy, I’m scared. There are people in the house – help me.’

Noya hid in darkness at her grandmother Carmela’s home, texting each other in silence as explosions erupted around the kibbutz of Nir Oz on Saturday morning.

They disappeared after Noya sent a panicked message and are believed to have been taken back to the Gaza Strip by Hamas militants, among 150-plus hostages.

Carmela, right, was with her granddaughter, left, when Hamas struck into Israel on Saturday 

Galit Dan (right) said her daughter (left) was kidnapped by Hamas from the Kisufim Kibbutz

Inon Ilan, whose partner’s 12-year-old child, Noya, was allegedly captured by Hamas

Noya’s mother managed to wait in safety with her husband – Noya’s stepfather – and her daughter Tomal at their home in the settlement of Kibbutz Kissufim.

After 22 hours, the family was evacuated to a Dead Sea resort hotel. 

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Ms Dan told The Sun on Monday: ‘The pain is indescribable. My little girl went for a sleepover with her granny and was messaging us as these animals came for them.

‘Our best hope now is that they have been kidnapped and will somehow survive.’ 

‘I am living every parent’s nightmare — every parent in the world will feel our pain.’ 

Ms Dan told The Sun her daughter had autism and was extremely sensitive.

She described her daughter as a ‘very sweet, very funny, very clever little girl’.

She said that her grandmother Carmela was ‘vulnerable herself’, aged 80. 

‘What do they hope to achieve by doing this to innocent helpless people?’ she asked of Hamas.

Hamas is the de facto governing authority in Gaza, a Palestinian enclave.

On Saturday morning, the group’s militant wing, the Al Qassam Brigades, launched a surprise incursion into Israel.

Shocking footage showed members of the group paraglide into a trance festival and open fire on attendees.

More than 260 people are expected to have died in the attack – and many more are missing, feared to have been taken hostage.

Some 150 people have now reportedly been taken hostage by the group, with footage showing some being taken back into Gaza on golf carts and in trucks.

Flames and smoke rise after an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis, Gaza on October 11, 2023

Smoke rises after Israeli strikes on the seaport of Gaza City, in Gaza, October 10, 2023

At least 900 Palestinians have been killed from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, according to the health ministry in Gaza on Tuesday. Pictured: aftermath of an Israeli strike on a ship in the port of Gaza

Palestinians walk through the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on Tuesday, October 10, 2023

A smoke rises and ball of fire over a buildings in Gaza City on October 9, 2023

Hamas has continued to launch strikes across Israel. With little incentive to de-escalate, onlookers worry the clashes could go on.

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Thomas Helm, Jerusalem Correspondent at The National, told MailOnline from Jerusalem on Saturday: ‘It really depends what Hamas wants out of this. 

‘I’ve heard comments from Hamas officials saying “we now have enough hostages to free every single Palestinian prisoner in prisoner exchanges.”‘ 

He added: ‘The most safe way of getting hostages back is exchanging prisoners, but do you want to exchange mass prisoners at a time like this? Probably not.’

In response to Hamas’ ‘Operation Al Aqsa Flood’ campaign, Israel has responded in kind with the incessant bombing of the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu promised to turn the city ‘into rubble’ in revenge for attacks.

Israeli strikes have devastated civilian areas – and Gaza’s largest refugee camp.

On Tuesday, IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari said: ‘The emphasis is on damage and not accuracy.’

Israel on Monday ordered a ‘complete siege’ of Gaza, which will restrict power, food, fuel and medicine heading towards Gazan civilians.

Hamas responded by saying they would execute a hostage and upload the footage each time an Israeli airstrike hit civilian houses without warning.

Israeli forces extracting dead bodies of Israeli residents from a destroyed house as fighting between Israeli troops and Islamist Hamas militants continues, on October 10, 2023

A woman goes through the trunk of her car after it was hit by a rocket a day earlier on October 10, 2023 in Ashkelon, Israel

A burned house after an attack by Palestinian militants on a kibbutz near the border with Gaza on October 10, 2023 in Kfar Gaza, Israel

A man walks by destroyed cars that were attacked by Palestinian militants on October 10, 2023 in Kfar Aza, Israel

Rights groups and charities have brought complaints against both Israel and Hamas for their actions – Hamas for the taking of hostages and the brutal killing of civilians, and Israel for firing indiscriminately into civilian areas within Gaza.

Mustafa Tamaizeh, Oxfam Acting Country Director in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel said on Tuesday: ‘Oxfam is horrified by the recent attacks. Violence never paves the way for peace. The international community must use all diplomatic tools at its disposal to secure an immediate ceasefire.

‘The decision to implement a “total siege” by the Israeli government, in addition to the ongoing blockade, will further deny Gazan civilians essentials like food, water and electricity. 

‘This constitutes collective punishment of a population that bears no responsibility for the violence and is illegal under international law. It will not contribute to peace and security, instead, it will further fan the flames of this crisis.’

Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch, said: ‘Deliberate killings of civilians, hostage-taking, and collective punishment are heinous crimes that have no justification.

‘The unlawful attacks and systematic repression that have mired the region for decades will continue, so long as human rights and accountability are disregarded.’

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