because he was desperate to know what had happened to him.<\/a><\/p>\n“When I go to the market people ask me why I’m losing so much weight,” he said last week.<\/p>\n
The last time Mr Mollel spoke to his son was on Thursday 5 October – two days before the Hamas gunmen attacked Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where he was studying.<\/p>\n
The last words he said were: “Be on your best behaviour because you’re somewhere new, and make the most of the internship you’re there to do.”<\/p>\n
Mr Mtenga’s family is yet to speak publicly.<\/p>\n
They were among 260 Tanzanian students in Israel.<\/p>\n
On 7 October 1,400 people were massacred by Hamas – which the UK, US and other Western powers class as a terrorist organisation – in Israel.<\/p>\n
More than 230 hostages were taken over the border to the Gaza Strip which is under Hamas control.<\/p>\n
Israel says they come from 25 countries, including one South African who is yet to be identified.<\/p>\n
The South African authorities have not commented.<\/p>\n
Hamas says it has hidden the hostages in “safe places and tunnels” within Gaza.<\/p>\n
Four of the hostages have since been released, including Yocheved Lifschitz, an 85-year-old grandmother who was kidnapped alongside her husband Oded from a different kibbutz.<\/p>\n
During the handover she shook the hand of her Hamas captor. She said she had been beaten with sticks while being taken to Gaza but had otherwise been well treated.<\/p>\n
Since the attack, Israel has retaliated with air strikes that have killed more than 8,000 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas.<\/p>\n\n
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