The two students were taken from a kibbutz where they were on an agriculture internship.
Joshua Loitu Mollel and Clemence Felix Mtenga were among some 260 Tanzanian students in IsraelTwo Tanzanian students taken hostage by Hamas in Gaza have been named by both the Israeli and Tanzanian authorities.
He said that Tanzania's ambassador to Israel had assured him the two governments were working together to secure their release. The last time Mr Mollel spoke to his son was on Thursday 5 October - two days before the Hamas gunmen attacked Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where he was studying. Four of the hostages have since been released, including Yocheved Lifschitz, an 85-year-old grandmother who was kidnapped alongside her husband Oded from a different kibbutz.
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