Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Monday, October 16, 2023

In first, Hamas terror group releases clip of hostage it captured in Oct. 7 onslaught

By Emanuel Fabian 16 October 2023, 10:34 pm 0 Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent.

A screenshot from a clip published by the Hamas terror group on October 16, 2023, showing Mia Schem, an Israeli woman abducted by terrorists from a music festival during a massacre by Hamas gunmen on October 7, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

The Hamas terror group has released the first clip showing one of the 200 or more Israeli hostages being held by terror groups in the Gaza Strip.

The short video shows a young woman, 21-year-old Mia Schem, being treated after she was wounded in her arm, and later speaking to the camera.

Schem was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on October 7 while taking part in the desert rave in Kibbutz Re’im, where the gunmen also massacred over 260 festival-goers.

She tells the camera she was operated on for three hours and that “I’m being cared for, I’m getting medications. I’m only asking for me to be returned home as soon as possible, to my family, to my parents, to my siblings. Please get me out of here as soon as possible.”

Schem’s family reacts to the clip, saying: “We’re happy.”