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SvennoJ on 11 May 2024
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Captives’ families demand deal after Hamas’s latest video release

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum in Israel has released a statement calling on the Israeli government to strike a deal following the release of the 11-second video by Hamas’s armed wing showing captive Nadav Popplewell.

“Every sign of life received from the hostages held by Hamas is another cry of distress to the Israeli government and its leaders,” the families’ group said in its statement. “We don’t have a moment to spare! You must strive to implement a deal that will bring them all back today.”

The video released earlier today was the third time in less than a month the Qassam Brigades posted footage of captives held in the Gaza Strip.


Captive died of wounds sustained in Israeli air raid: Hamas

Hamas’s armed wing has said in a statement that Nadav Popplewell has died of wounds that he sustained in an Israeli air raid more than a month ago.

Earlier, we reported that the Qassam Brigades released an 11-second video showing Popplewell, saying it will publish more information soon.

In the video, republished on social media and cited by Israeli news outlets, the 51-year-old is seen with a bruised eye confirming his name. Superimposed text in Arabic and Hebrew reads: “Time is running out. Your government is lying.”

Families urge protests to secure captives’ release, bring gov’t down

The families of the captives have just held the emergency news conference in Tel Aviv in which they called Israelis to take to the streets to “save Israel from Netanyahu” and secure the release of the people held in Gaza.

Here are some lines from their statement:

  • Hamas is regaining its hold in areas previously captured by Israel.
  • There is no strategy; the northern parts of the country are on fire, and the southern parts are now an active shooting range.
  • The evacuees are completely neglected. The disaster is growing. If we continue down this path, we will lose not only the hostages but the country itself.
  • Netanyahu is not only the obstacle preventing us from getting our hostages back. He’s also the obstacle preventing the state of Israel from succeeding. In order to save the hostages from Hamas, we must save Israel from Netanyahu.
  • To Gantz, Eisenkot, Gallant, members of the Likud party, of the coalition who still have a conscience: In order to rescue the hostages who are rotting in Hamas terror tunnels, in order to reach a hostage release deal quickly, in order to end the sabotage and to stop the criminal abandonment of the hostages, we call upon you – bring this government down.
  • The government does not care about the hostages, it is leading the entire country towards destruction. Stop cooperating with them, rescue the hostages and save the state of Israel. Come out and tell the public that in order to rescue the hostages we can and must end this war.
  • We, the families of the hostages, and the members of the public, must not give up. We will not stop until they are all brought back home.
  • Join us and take to the streets.
  • There’s no victory and there can be no victory without the return of the hostages. When we all take to the streets together, we will save the hostages and the country.