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Families of Bedouin Muslim Hostages Held by Hamas: "This Isn't a Religious War"
(Ha'aretz) Shany Littman - Of the 239 Israelis being held by Hamas and other factions in Gaza, one is Yusuf Alziadna, 53, of the Bedouin Alziadna clan, who lives near the city of Rahat and was kidnapped from Kibbutz Holit's cowshed along with his sons Bilal and Hamza and his daughter Aisha. Three other members of the Bedouin community were taken hostage on Oct. 7. One was near the rave outside Kibbutz Re'im and two were farmworkers; one is Samar Talalka, 22, from Hura, who was working at a chicken hatchery on Kibbutz Nir Am. Another was working as a guard near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak. The family prefers that he remain unnamed. In addition to the hostiges, there were 25 Israeli Arab fatalities. According to Lt.-Col. (res.) Wahid al-Huzeil, who is helping the Bedouin families, the fact that Hamas abducted Muslim Israelis too makes clear that this isn't a religious war or a war between Arab and Jew. "The fact that Hamas abducted innocent civilians, including women and children, shows that this organization doesn't represent Islam. It represents only itself. This is a terror group." "There are Arab citizens in Israel who are part of the war effort, helping the state. There are Arab soldiers on the front, and there are Arab citizens on the home front - doctors, farmworkers and manual laborers....Israeli society must realize that its struggle isn't against Arabs, it's against Hamas."