Mia Schem: Wounded festival-goer in Hamas hostage video freed

Source: BBC

Mia Schem: Wounded festival-goer in Hamas hostage video freed

1 December 2023

By James FitzGerald
BBC News

A wounded festival-goer is among the latest hostages released from Gaza - having appeared in a video by Hamas after its 7 October attack on Israel.

Israeli-French tattoo artist Mia Schem, 21, was freed with another woman, followed later by six others.

The seven-day truce has so far seen 105 people released from Gaza. Israel is expected to release another 30 Palestinians prisoners on Thursday.

Hamas took about 240 hostages, with many taken from the Supernova festival.

Ms Schem was among them, and became the first person to appear in a Hamas hostage video on 16 October.

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