Hamas attack survivor pleads for release of 11-year-old Israeli hostage in Gaza

Hamas attack survivor pleads for release of 11-year-old Israeli hostage in Gaza

An Israeli mother who survived Hamas' brutal attack is pleading for the world to help get home the children being held captive, including her youngest son's best friend.

Hamas is believed to have taken 229 hostages during the terrorist group's Oct. 7 surprise attack, including at least 20 kids, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Gal Piechowicz suspects 11-year-old Gal Goldstein was among those, along with three of his other family members.

"I want Gal to come back and know that the whole community and all the citizens and all the world did the best that we could to bring him back home," Piechowicz, an Israeli mother of three, told Fox News. Kids "should never, ever, ever be a part of a political game."

Brown and white blindfolded teddy bears were lined up in Tel Aviv to represent the children held captive in Gaza on Wednesday. The bears appeared to be dabbed with fake blood.

"Those babies should be back home, and we should do whatever we can to echo and repeat this message and ask the whole world to come and join us with this demand," Piechowicz said. "They are not part of this game, and they should come back home now."