This is the terrifying moment four members of the Israel Defense Force’s Armored Corps were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on October 7.
Among the four crew members were tank commander Omer Neutra, from Long Island, New York, and tank gunner Nimrod Cohen, who remain in Hamas captivity. Meanwhile, tank loader Oz Daniel and driver Shaked Dahan were killed by Hamas. Their bodies remain in Gaza.
A blurry video, which was posted by Israeli broadcaster N12 It shows the moment Hamas terrorists pull men out of a burned-out IDF tank.
One clip shows two Israeli soldiers, dressed in green military uniforms, crawling on the ground.
Those whose faces appear blurred in the images are Hamas terrorists.
Terrifying moment four members of the Israel Defense Forces Armored Corps were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on October 7
Among the four crew members were tank commander Omer Neutra, from Long Island, New York, and tank gunner Nimrod Cohen, who remain in Hamas captivity. Meanwhile, tank loader Oz Daniel and driver Shaked Dahan were killed on October 7.
Ten months after Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, the parents of the soldiers of the 77th Battalion decided to publish the full images on the Israeli news channel.
Oz’s father, Amir Daniel, said he recognized his son in the video, even though the clips were blurry.
“You can’t confuse your own son.”
The soldiers’ families decided to share the images to raise awareness about the hostages.
The soldiers were stationed on the Gaza border, at an outpost between Kibbutz Nir Oz and Kibbutz Nirim, two Israeli communities that were attacked on October 7.
Palestinians wave their national flag and celebrate next to a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis, south, Saturday, October 7, 2023
Palestinians take control of an Israeli Merkava battle tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023
The soldiers had already received warnings about the Hamas invasion and were ready to act. The tank in which Nimrod, Omer, Daniel and Dahan were travelling was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, forcing the four men to get out of the tank to avoid suffocating.
Nimrod’s father, Yehuda Cohen, told N12 that “the crew was unable to operate effectively during the attack because the equipment provided by the military was not working properly.”
He also urged the Israeli government to agree to a ceasefire agreement.
This comes 10 months after the start of a war sparked by Hamas’s October attack on southern Israel, which left 1,197 people dead, most of them civilians, according to Israeli figures.
The militants also captured 251 hostages, 116 of whom are still in Gaza, including 44 who the Israeli military says are dead.
Israel’s retaliatory military campaign in Gaza has killed more than 39,000 people, mostly civilians, according to data from the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza.
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