Tearful Israeli mother whose boys, 12 and 16, are Hamas hostages accuses MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell of trying to garner sympathy for 'animal human beings' in terror group

A tearful Israeli mother whose boys, 12 and 16, were taken hostage by Hamas amid its surprise attack against Israel accused MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell of trying to garner sympathy for "animal human beings" in the terror organization.

What are the details?

The mother, whose name wasn't given, sat for a video interview with Mitchell and frequently sobbed as she gave a gut-wrenching description of listening on the phone as her sons were abducted by Hamas after hiding in a safe room in their home.

"I could hear people speaking in Arabic outside their door, and they broke in, and the last thing I heard was the youngest who's 12 saying, 'I'm too young! Don't take me!' And that was it," she said, her voice breaking into sobs. "That was the last time I heard from them."

Mitchell did tell the mother she was "so sorry" to hear what happened and that "we are all thinking about you." The mother shared more about her hopes for her sons' release and wishing at least that they may be with other Israeli hostages who can "give them a hug."

But rather than sticking with the mother's poignant account, Mitchell suddenly switched gears and asked her a question that seemed to betray Mitchell's sociopolitical sensibilities.

"What are your feelings about the attacks against Gaza right now?" Mitchell asked her.

Bad idea

The devastated mom wasn't having a bit of it and took Mitchell to task in a pointed tone of voice: "You're looking for a symmetrical situation, and I must say, it isn't. If you were dealing with a war ... between two countries, countries don’t take children hostages. I’m sorry. It’s against the laws of war. It’s against humanity. It’s against [every]thing that we all believe in.”

Her voice beginning to break again, the mother added that “every time we had missiles shot at us, I used to say to my children that they should be sympathetic towards the children of Gaza because they suffer a lot more than they do. I'm not sure that I still believe in it now. And I must say the only worry I have now from the bombings in Gaza is the fact that my children are there."

'I can’t be sympathetic to animal human beings'

Then she got even more frank, saying, "I can’t be sympathetic to animal human beings — well, they’re not really human beings — who came into my house, broke everything, stole everything, took my children from their bedrooms, and took them to the Gaza Strip."

The mother added that “Israel [has] never done that, and it will never do [that]. So there is no symmetry. I’m sorry.” She also said that the action of Hamas "is the way a terror organization behaves."

The New York Post said it asked for comment from Mitchell and MSNBC.

Video of the interview is below. The mother's harrowing account of hearing her sons being taken hostage encompasses the first two minutes of the clip; Mitchell's question about "attacks against Gaza" and the mother's reaction come after that.

Mother of Israeli hostages: ‘There is no reason to hold them there. They are not soldiers.’youtu.be

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