Mother of Gaza hostage Naama Levy tells her story

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Rebecca Ritters

DW's Rebecca Ritters went to meet Ayelet Levy Shachar, whose daughter Naama was on her first day of military service at a base near the Gaza border when she was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists.

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