The Israeli embassy to the United States said women and children were among more than 100 soldiers and civilians kidnapped by Hamas fighters and that active hostage situations are 'ongoing'.
'Everything I have in my life - my family - is missing,' Gaya Kalderon tells Sky News. 'I'm terrified from the photographs and can't believe my eyes. It feels like a horror movie that would never come true. But it did.' Gaya, who is 21, lives in Tel Aviv. Much of her family is in in Nir Oz, situated in the south of Israel. Read more: Israel-Gaza latest: '800 Hamas targets' struck in Gaza On Saturday morning, Hamas swept into the village.
Read more:Briton killed in Hamas attack while serving in Israeli armyExplainer: What is Hamas, why is it in conflict with the Israelis? They show similar tactics: gunmen going house to house in villages, searching for civilians. In some, they use power drills to take doors off the frames. Once they have their captives, they speed away across the desert - presumably to Gaza. These are snatch and grab raids against a civilian population.