Hamas’s armed arm spread a video of A hostage Israelo-American kidnapped during the attack of the Palestinian Islamist movement of October 7, 2023 in Israel and is alive in Gaza.
The Hostage Families Forum, the main organization that campaigns for the liberation of the captive Israelis in The Gaza StripHe identified him as Edan Alexander.
It’s about An elite unit soldier parked near the border with the Palestinian territory at the time of the attack that triggered the current conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
The video, broadcast by the Ezzedin al Qasam brigades, lasts a little more than three minutes and shows it sitting in a hug.
The AFP could not verify the authenticity or the date of its recording.
Addressing the camerathe hostage says he wants to return home to celebrate the holidays.
Israel currently celebrates Jewish Easter, which commemorates the liberation of the Jewish people from slavery suffered in Egypt.
With strong movements of the hands, the hostage Criticism of the Israeli government for not having yet achieved his release.
“Our Edan, a soldier who emigrated to Israel and enlisted in the Golani Brigade to defend the country and its citizens, is still captive of Hamas,” said his family, cited in the statement of the Hostage Families Forum.
“So when they feel to celebrate Pesaj (Jewish Easter), remember that it is not a feast of freedom until Edan and the other hostages have returned home,” he added.
Of the 251 people kidnapped in the attack of October 7, 58 are still retained in Gaza, of which 34 are dead, according to the Israeli army.
A truce achieved under the mediation of the United States, Egypt and Qatar, between January 19 and March 17, facilitated the return of 33 hostages, eight of which dead, in exchange for Israel liberation of about 1,800 Palestinian prisoners.
