Judith and
Natalie are part of a large extended family caught up in the attack.

They were
in Israel to celebrate the 85th birthday of Judith’s mother, Tamar Raanan, and
Natalie’s graduation from high school.

They had planned to fly home to the US
earlier, but changed their flights to stay in Israel longer. They were taken from Kibbutz Nahal Oz during the Hamas attacks on 7 October.

Tamar
Raanan and her partner Yehiel survived by hiding in their safe room at home in
Nahal Oz, where they were rescued by IDF forces.

Another
eight family members are missing from Kibbutz Be’eri, and three were killed,
including a carer.

Dr Shoshan
Haran, 67, her daughter Adi Shoham, 38, Adi’s partner Tal Shoham, 38, and their
children, Naveh, 8, and Yahel, 3, are believed to have been kidnapped from
their home.

According
to Fair Planet, the non-profit that Dr Haran founded, a phone that belonged to
her husband Avshalom was tracked to Gaza and they believe the whole family was
taken.

Avshalom
Haran – an economist and dual German-Israeli citizen – is now dead, the BBC has
confirmed. He was 66.

Sharon
Avigdori, 52, her daughter Noam, 12, and Lilach Kipnis, 60, are also believed
to have been kidnapped.

Lilach’s
husband Eviatar Kipnis, who was 66 and had Italian citizenship, was killed, the
family said. Paul Vincent Castelvi, who was Eviatar Kipnis’s carer, was also
killed.