A view of the rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike, in Jabalia, Gaza strip.
A view of the rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike, in Jabalia, Gaza strip.
  • Getting hostages out of Gaza could be a difficult task for Israel, hostage experts said. 
  • It's unclear where Hamas is holding them and regions may be covered in traps, the experts said.
  • Israel's ongoing counterattack on Gaza could made it even more difficult to reach the hostages. 

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Hamas-run Gaza Strip is a tiny enclave, measuring 25 miles long and no more than 7 miles wide, surveilled continually by Israel, surrounded by its guns. But rescuing — or even locating — more than 150 hostages hustled there by Palestinian militants who overran Israel's southern border on Saturday will be a daunting task.