Israeli television has A video aired this evening showing the latest Hamas hostages – the Bibas children – who were found by the army in an underground hideout in the south of the Gaza Strip. In the video, the mother, Shiri, is seen wrapped in a blanket from which emerges the head of little Ariel – who was four years old at the time of the abduction – and two or three Hamas fighters around her.
“There is fear for their fate, we are very concerned,” military spokesman Daniel Hagari said of the video, explaining that “it was found in the Khan Yunis area and the kidnapped people were handed over to the Kataeb Mujaedin group. But the “responsibility lies with Hamas,” he added.
The images were broadcast on television after the abductee's family gave their consent. “From this video – the family members told Channel 12 TV – there is confirmation that they arrived in Gaza alive and that Hamas is solely responsible for the safety of the mother Shiri and the children Kfir (then 9 months old, editor's note). Red.) and Ariel is responsible.” (4 years old, ed.)”. There has been no news from them since then.
A video that “breaks your heart”. This is how the Bibas family – through the Hostage Families Forum – defined the video of their relatives found in Khan Yunis and released by the army. “To see Shiri, Yarden, Ariel and Kfir torn from their home in Nir Oz in this hellish landscape,” he denounced, “is unbearable and inhumane. The abduction of children is a crime against humanity and a war crime.” “We urge decision-makers in Israel and around the world involved in the negotiations: bring them home immediately.”
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Israel: “We will return to Cairo when conditions are ripe”
The Israeli delegation will travel to Cairo for hostage negotiations “as soon as the conditions are ripe.” This is what the cabinet minister said
War, Benny Gantz, at a meeting with the families of the abductees who had gathered in front of his house. “We have to go there so that they return, not to go there,” he explained, “just to go there.”
On the other hand, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his speech at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations that “Qatar can put pressure on Hamas like no other.”
“They harbor the leaders of Hamas: Hamas is financially dependent on them,” Netanyahu said, adding that the release of Israeli prisoners from the Gaza Strip could only be achieved through “strong military action and very tough negotiations.”
“I call on you to put pressure on Qatar, to put pressure on Hamas, because we want our hostages to be released,” the Israeli prime minister said.
However, the Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Netanyahu's comments “represent a new attempt to prolong the war for reasons now known to everyone.” “Qatar,” he continued, “has been in mediation since day one to end the war crisis and free the abductees.
A high-level US delegation arrived in the Egyptian capital this morning to take part in ongoing ceasefire talks in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of hostages and prisoners. This was reported by airport sources.
The delegation consists of members of the American National Security Council and arrived by plane from Washington.
Berlin: “Immediate ceasefire, but Hamas must lay down its weapons in Rafah”
“I have just returned from the Middle East and Israel and achieving peace is of utmost importance to us. We need a humanitarian ceasefire and liberation.”
of the hostages,” said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Brussels.
“The people who are in Rafah and who went there at the request of the Israeli army cannot disappear into heaven, they must be able to return to the north.”
“This requires a ceasefire,” he added. “But we see that in some areas of Rafah, Hamas is very active and Hamas must lay down its weapons: for us, Israel has the right to defend itself.”
Residents of the Gaza Strip receive messages in the media offering them money for the abductees
In recent days, Gaza residents have received text messages from Israel asking them for information about hostages in Israel in exchange for money
Captivity of Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups. “Are you interested in a better future for your family and – according to the message, which was also shared on Palestinian social media and picked up by Israeli media – in a nice reward? Do you have any information about the hostages or those holding them captive? Do not hesitate to contact us at these numbers.
The text message is accompanied by contact channels and also photos of the abducted people – but it is not yet clear which sector of Israel's defense sent them.
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