Dozens of Countries Scramble to Identify More Than 150 Citizens Held Hostage in Gaza

Qatar and Turkey position themselves as key intermediaries; Hamas militants ‘ditched their mobile phones and it was impossible to reach any of them’

A building in Tel Aviv displays portraits of people missing and captured in the aftermath of a militant attack on Israel.A week after Hamas militants launched their deadly attack on southern Israel, world leaders and their intelligence agencies are scrambling through regional backchannels to contend with a hostage crisis of seemingly unprecedented global dimensions.

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