Hamas Releases 21-Year-Old Woman in First Hostage Video
Israel announced Thursday that the latest group of hostages released from Gaza on the seventh day of the ceasefire with Hamas includes 21-year-old Mia Schem—a French-Israeli woman who appeared in the first hostage video released last month.
A video shared by Israeli media showed Schem’s mom, Keren Schem, becoming emotional as she heard the news, bursting into tears of joy as she exclaimed, “Mia is coming back.”
On Oct. 7, Schem was abducted from the Supernova desert rave, where footage recorded dozens of Hamas militants flying into the festival with rifles drawn—slaughtering hundreds and capturing dozens of others.