Hamas has launched a video exhibiting two Israeli hostages, certainly one of whom says he’s being held in Gaza Metropolis, the place the IDF has launched a serious offensive.
Man Gilboa-Dalal and Alon Ohel have been kidnapped in the course of the October 2023 bloodbath and are two of 48 captives nonetheless believed to be held by Hamas, with 20 thought to nonetheless be alive.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his navy to occupy the entire of Gaza, with troops and armour at present assaulting Gaza Metropolis, the place round 1,000,000 individuals lived earlier than the conflict broke out.
On Friday, the IDF bombed a high-rise constructing within the metropolis’s west that – with out offering proof – it mentioned was being utilized by Hamas. The navy claimed that civilians have been warned beforehand.
Footage from Gaza Metropolis present Palestinians working for security because the constructing collapses.
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Man Gilboa-Dalal (proper) and Alon Ohel. Pics: Carry Them Dwelling Now
Hostages seem in video launched by Hamas
The video was edited and featured an exhausted-looking Mr Gilboa-Dalal talking for round three-and-a-half minutes.
He seems in a automobile for a few of the video and says that he’s being held in Gaza Metropolis together with different hostages.
He says that he’s afraid of being killed by Israel’s newest assault.
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Palestinians examine the positioning of an Israeli strike on a tent, outdoors al Shifa Hospital, in Gaza Metropolis. Pic: Reuters
Mr Gilboa-Dalal seems to be within the backseat of a automobile that’s being pushed round. At one level, he identifies a passing constructing as one belonging to the Pink Cross.
Hamas has refused to permit the Pink Cross to see the hostages.
At one level, Mr Ohel, 24, can be seen.
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Household mark ‘signal of life’
In an announcement, Mr Gilboa-Dalal’s household mentioned: “We have received a sign of life from our Guy after six months since the previous video in which he was seen with Evyatar David watching their friends being released.
“Man, Alon, and different hostages have been transferred to Gaza, and we’re deeply involved for his or her lives. They have to be introduced dwelling.”
However talks between Israel and Hamas by way of mediators – aimed toward stopping the preventing and liberating the hostages – collapsed in July.
After the discharge of the video, Israeli opposition chief Yair Lapid urged Israeli negotiators to renew talks on a deal to free the hostages.
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Smoke rises as a constructing hit by an Israeli air strike collapses in Gaza Metropolis. Pic: Reuters
Strike on high-rise constructing
The discharge of the hostage video comes because the Israeli navy continues its assault on Gaza Metropolis, the place residents say it bombed a high-rise tower on Friday.
The constructing’s administration mentioned it was getting used for displaced individuals and denied it had been used for something aside from civilian functions.
Footage of the strike confirmed the constructing collapsing and sending thick clouds of smoke billowing over close by tent camps.
Father-of-two Ismail, from town’s Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, advised Reuters that his household feared they might not be capable of return in the event that they fled.
“We pray for a ceasefire,” he mentioned.
Greater than 64,000 Palestinians have been killed within the Gaza Strip for the reason that conflict started, Gaza well being authorities say.
The conflict was sparked by Hamas’ assault on Israel, when militants killed 1,200 individuals and took round 250 hostages.
