The terrorist group Hamas published, this Saturday (27), another video showing two of the 133 hostages who remain under the control of terrorists in Gaza. In the video, Hamas prisoners ask the Israeli government for a truce agreement to return home. The recording is just over three minutes long, and shows Keith Siegel, a 64-year-old American citizen, whose wife was also kidnapped and released during the truce in November last year, and Omri Miran, 46, kidnapped on October 7 in kibbutz Nir Oz, according to the Israeli press.
Following the new video, the Forum for Hostages and Missing Families, a body that represents relatives of Israeli hostages imprisoned in Gaza, said in a statement that the signs that both are still alive demonstrate that “the Israeli government must do everything possible to ensure the release of all hostages before Independence Day”, which will be celebrated on May 14th.
“For those who are still alive – so that they can recover, and for those who are dead – so that they have a dignified burial. It is time for the government and its leader (Netanyahu) to demonstrate with actions their commitment to the citizens who are waiting for the hostages to return,” the agency added.
Last Wednesday (24), the Islamic group published a first video in which the American-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin appeared, who, certainly coerced by the terrorists, criticizes the Israeli government and corroborates an allegation by Hamas that Israel had killed 70 hostages in bombings. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) classified the material as a “psychological horror video”.
The release of the videos could be a strategy by terrorists to force a truce agreement that is more beneficial to Hamas. There are ongoing negotiations between Egyptian and Israeli delegations in Tel Aviv for a truce in Gaza, but, according to confidential sources, Hamas representatives have included a series of demands, such as trying to reduce the number of hostages to be released. Although there are not many details about the content of the proposal being negotiated, it is believed that it could lead to a truce and ceasefire, with the release of hostages and the entry of more humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. The terrorists have insisted that they would only accept an agreement that involved a definitive ceasefire on the part of Israel or the withdrawal of Palestinian troops in Gaza, but they have already admitted to negotiating the exchange of hostages – but in smaller numbers than proposed by the Israelis – for Palestinian prisoners imprisoned in Israel. (With EFE Agency)
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