A SIX-month-old baby has been revealed as among the 17 Brits dead or missing in Israel – as the first rescue flights to the UK take off today.

Tiny Ariel is unaccounted for amid the bloody war after Hamas terrorists launched a deadly attack on the Middle East country.

The tot and other children were pictured at a press conference in London today.

It comes as the UK government has ordered rescue flights to rescue British citizens from Israel as the war rages on for a sixth day.

The flight flight is expected to leave Tel Aviv today.

A Foreign Office spokesman said: “Vulnerable British nationals will be prioritised for these flights.

“At this stage we will contact those who are eligible for the flights directly and British nationals should not make their way to the airport unless they are called.

“Since Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel, UK government officials have been working around the clock in London, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv to support British citizens in the country.”

At the press conference today, a distraught Brit revealed he was preparing to pick his mum up at the airport to celebrate her 75th birthday when he learned she had been kidnapped by Hamas terrorists.

Noam Sagi, 53, called for the release of 130 hostages in Gaza as he opened up on the capture of his mother, 74.

It has been five days since frail Ada Sagi and 80 people were targeted by heartless armed militants at Nir Oz Kibbutz.

Ada’s home was located less than a kilometre from the Gaza Strip.

Noam, from Cricklewood, said: “The last time I heard from my mum was at 9.30am on Saturday when she was heading to her safe room.

“She was alone after losing my dad last year.

“Nothing prepares you for that, up until then I was working with clients and helping them deal with their own emotions.

“On Saturday morning she was in the front line of atrocities and a horrible, horrible attack.

“Can someone remind me why she is a hostage? For being Jewish and living in Israel.

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“I don’t have the words to look into my son’s eyes and tell him why my mum was taken.”

It comes as…

On Wednesday, Jake Marlowe was confirmed as the fourth Brit killed.

The Londoner’s parents, Lisa and Michel, said they were “heartbroken” after receiving the “crushing news”.

Jake, who moved to Israel two years ago, was working as a security guard at the Nova music festival, which took place close to the border with Gaza in the south of Israel.

It was the first target of Hamas gunman as they paraglided across the border into Israel and unleashed terror on unsuspecting festival-goers.

Horrified rescuers found 260 bodies after Hamas terrorists cut the power and opened fire.

Meanwhile, Scot Bernard Cowan, 57, was murdered by the terrorist group during the horror attacks.

And Corporal Nathanel Young, 20, who was serving in the Israeli Defence Forces, was confirmed dead on Saturday.

Daniel Darlington, 34, a UK photographer, was also killed while visiting the country.

His sister wrote on Instagram that he was “murdered by terrorists”.

During their surprise three-pronged assault on Saturday, Hamas terrorists dragged an estimated 150 soldiers, men, women, children and the elderly into captivity in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now vowed to crush and destroy Hamas with the support of a new war cabinet.