Two Israeli citizens are being held in the Gaza Strip, at least one of them by the Hamas militant group, Israeli authorities said on Thursday.<br /><br /> Avraham Mangisto “independently” crossed the border fence into the Gaza Strip on September 7 last year, nearly two weeks after the end of the Israel-Gaza war, the Israeli defence body responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs said, without giving further details of why he crossed into the Palestinian territory.<br /><br /> The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said that “according to credible intelligence,” Mangisto is being held “against his will” by Hamas.<br /><br /> A spokesman for Hamas, Salah Bardawil said “We don’t have any information about it. Even if is true, we don’t have instructions to talk about it,” he said.<br /><br /> #BREAKING: Avraham Mangisto, 28, Crossed the border to #Gaza 10 months ago. #Hamas never confirmed/Denied holding him pic.twitter.com/rnxTMrLuB8— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) July 9, 2015<br /><br /> Israel’s militar
