The armed wing of Hamas published on Saturday a new video of one of the Israelis taken hostage on October 7, 2023 during the attack of the Palestinian Islamist movement in Israel from the Gaza Strip.
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Call for the release of hostages
The video, whose date of recording cannot be verified, shows a young man speaking in English to US President-elect Donald Trump, and in Hebrew to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The young man asks Israelis to put pressure on the government for his release and that of all the hostages still held captive in Gaza.
According to several Israeli media, including Times of Israël et Haaretz, This concerns Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, 20, who says he has been detained for more than 420 days. If true, that would mean the video was made this week.
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Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have already released hostage videos in the past.
During the unprecedented attack by Hamas commandos on October 7, 2023, 251 people were kidnapped on Israeli soil. A total of 97 hostages remain in Gaza, 34 of whom were declared dead by the army.
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