Hamas, a militant group identified as a terrorist organization by the European Union, the United States, Germany and many other countries, is holding 38 children and teenagers as hostages, the youngest being a 9-month-old baby at the time of the kidnapping, according to Israeli media reports.
The attack also left 21 kids orphaned, according to Israel's Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs. Sixteen of them had both parents murdered, two were children of single mothers who were killed and another three lost one parent, with the other being kidnapped or declared 'missing'.
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