Minutes before she was bound and bundled into the back of a jeep bound for Gaza, Agam Berger borrowed a phone from her friend, Cpl Shirat Yam Amar.

“Mum, they’re shooting at us. There are terrorists. Everyone’s crying, but I’m not afraid,” she said. Her family has not heard from her since.

Ms Berger, 20, the last Israeli military lookout still held by Hamas, is set for release on Thursday along with 29-year-old female civilian Arbel Yehud and 80-year-old Gadi Moses.

Cpl Amar was one of 15 female spotters to be killed when marauding Hamas militants ripped through Nahal Oz base on Oct 7, 2023.

Seven unarmed teenage female lookouts, who monitor surveillance footage for signs of suspicious activity, were taken hostage by the militants – most while still wearing their pyjamas.