Qassam Brigades releases purported captive footage
Hamas’s armed wing released a video showing what appeared to be an Israeli captive wounded in an attack on Gaza.
In the undated four-minute video, the abductee with bandages on his head and left arm and identifying himself only as “Prisoner 24” spoke in Hebrew with a Russian accent, implying he was wounded in recent Israeli bombardment.
The man, shown lying on the ground, also referred to Israel’s Independence Day celebrations on Thursday as upcoming, suggesting the video was filmed shortly beforehand.
‘575 days of our hostages dying and dying in Gaza’: Israeli politician
Opposition politician Yair Golan has denounced the Israeli government’s efforts to return captives held in Gaza.
“575 days of our hostages dying and dying in Gaza,” Golan said in a post on X, referring to reports of Hamas releasing a video of one of the captives held in the besieged enclave.
“It is a moral and national failure that rescue efforts are going through Putin and Trump – and not through the Israeli government. Because there is no longer a government here. There is only one person who holds his seat with all his power,” he added, referring to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Where is the Israel we knew? The one that doesn’t abandon the wounded, doesn’t forget prisoners, doesn’t hesitate to act? All must be returned: The kidnapped – for rehabilitation. The dead – for burial. The soldiers and reservists – home.”
