Hamas publishes a video of two Israeli hostages held in Gaza

Hamas published a video showing two Israeli hostages seized with a music festival during its cross -border attack in October 2023.

The video claims to show Guy Gilboa-Dalal in Gaza City at the end of August, where he says that he and eight others are detained and will remain despite the Israeli field offensive. It also shows captive Alon Ohel.

Previous hostage videos published by their captors in Gaza have been condemned by world leaders and families as propaganda.

The Minister of National Security of Israel, Itamar Ben Gvir, called for the complete occupation of Gaza in response, saying that it was the only way to “bring the hostages in security”.

The video shows Mr. Gilboa-Dalal, which was seized of the Nova festival in southern Israel, pleading for its release. In images dated August 28, he is filmed in a car in what he says to be Gaza City.

The images also show Mr. Ohel for the first time since he was removed in the attack 700 days ago. Mr. Gilboa-Dalal has already been seen in a video of Hamas in February.

These are two of the 48 hostages still held by Hamas, 20 of which are supposed to be alive.

According to a press release from his office.

He said he had reiterated that the war could end immediately if Hamas accepts Israel’s conditions, including the release of all hostages.

“No video of evil propaganda will weaken us or divert us from our determination to achieve these objectives,” the statement said.

But a group representing the families of the hostages replied by saying that whoever “really wants to bring back the 48 hostages” should “immediately” return to the negotiating table.

The hostage and missing families forum wrote on X: “Those who really want the House of Hostages to be the judgment that awaits the discussion and response from the Israeli government, and take it from a complete agreement for the return of all hostages.”

Friday, the group organized a rally on “hostages square” in Tel Aviv, which has marked 700 days since October 7, 2023, to press the government to restart the negotiations.

Hamas said in August that he had accepted a plan for regional mediators in Qatar and Egypt who would see 10 living hostages and the 18 dead hostages released during a 60 -day truce, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons.

Israel did not respond to the plan, but insists that all hostages must be published in one go.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Friday that Israeli military activity “would intensify” until Hamas accepts the conditions of Israel to end the war, threatening that the armed group would be “destroyed” otherwise.

The opposition chief, Yair, Lapid, urged Israeli negotiators to resume discussions on a cease-fire agreement to release the hostages.

On Friday, the Ministry of Health managed by Gaza said that 30 Palestinians had been killed in the territory in the last 24 hours, including 20 in Gaza City.

Israeli defense forces (FDI) confirmed that she had struck a tower, which, she said, was used by Hamas.

He said that precautionary measures had been taken to mitigate civilians’ damage, “including warnings prior to the population” and the use of “precise ammunition”.

He added that he had identified “an important terrorist activity in Hamas in a wide variety of infrastructure sites in Gaza City, and in particular in high -rise buildings,” adding these sites “in the coming days”.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans a month ago to take control of Gaza City after indirect discussions with Hamas on a cease-fire and hostage release contract in July.

Israel has intensified its operations around Gaza City in recent weeks, and says that its offensive has established around 40% of the city, which, according to her, is a bastion of Hamas.

The UN and the aid groups have warned that the offensive already has “horrible humanitarian consequences” for displaced families closing in the city, which houses a million people and where a famine was confirmed last month.

Satellite imagery shows that several districts in certain parts of the city have been leveled by Israeli strikes and demolitions in the last month.

Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the attack led by Hamas on October 7, in 2023, during which 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

At least 64,300 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the Ministry of Health of the Territory.

The ministry also claims that 376 people died during the war following malnutrition and famine, including three in the past 24 hours.