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In this video, the Israeli states that he spoke on January 5th and asks the Israeli authorities to work for his release.
Published on August 1, 2024 9:26 p.m
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Israeli soldiers patrol near the fence of Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel, November 9, 2023. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
The Palestinian Islamist organization Islamic Jihad released a video on Monday, January 8, of a live Israeli hostage, one of 132 still held in the Gaza Strip since the attack on Israeli soil on October 7. In this video from Islamic Jihad's armed wing, the Israeli, speaking in English and Hebrew, states that he is speaking on January 5th. He asks the Israeli authorities to work for his release and an exchange with Palestinian prisoners.
The family of the hostage captured at Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 called on the media not to distribute the video. Around 75 people were kidnapped in this kibbutz near the Gaza Strip. The October 7 attack, unprecedented in its violence and scale, by Hamas Islamist commandos, which also involved its allied Islamic Jihad, left around 1,140 dead in Israel, according to an AFP count of the latest available official Israeli figures.
According to Israeli authorities, about 250 people have been taken hostage by the two Palestinian Islamist movements, 132 of whom are still being held in Gaza. According to Israel, several of them died and their bodies are still in the territory.
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