The release of these images, for the first time since the man’s capture, appears to be part of Hamas’ attempt to pressure Israel to exchange prisoners.
The Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas released today one video allegedly showing an Israeli citizen being held captive in the Gaza Strip for seven years.
The release of these images, for the first time since the man’s capture, appears to be part of Hamas’ attempt to pressure Israel to exchange prisoners. The negotiations on both sides through the mediation of Egypt have been frozen.
The 39-second video shows a man unconscious but lying on a bed with an oxygen mask on his face. In the end, the camera takes a close-up of an Israeli ID that bears the name and bears the photo of one of the captured Israeli citizens, Hisham al-Sajed.
Hamas’ military wing just shared a video of Israeli Hisham A-Sayed, one of the two Israeli civilians, held by the terror group in Gaza for the past 7 years. A TV screen in the background is airing scenes from last week’s Qatar Economic Forum – an attempt to prove this is recent. pic.twitter.com/XL2UvOIWeF
– Ariel Oseran (@ariel_oseran) June 28, 2022
A report from a financial forum hosted this month in Qatar is shown on the television screen next to it.
Hamas did not provide further details on the Israeli health. On Monday, he only announced that he had “deteriorated”.
THE Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett He said the release of a patient’s image was a “condemnable and desperate attempt” by Hamas, which violates international conventions by holding captive a citizen who he said was suffering from a mental illness.
According to Israel, Hamas holds two Israeli citizens captive, who are believed to have crossed into Gaza voluntarily, for unknown reasons. The Palestinian Authority also holds the remains of two soldiers killed in 2014 in the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip.
In the past, Israel has exchanged prisoners with Hamas. The most famous of these came in 2011, when Gilad Shalit, a soldier abducted in 2006, was released in exchange for the release of 1,000 Palestinians from Israeli jails.
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