The Palestinian armed group Hamas launched a propaganda campaign criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a video showing three of the hostages taken during an attack on Israel on the 7th.
According to CBS News in the United States, while the Israeli military’s ground and air attacks are becoming more intense, Hamas released a video of this content through its own broadcast channel on the 30th (local time). One of the three hostages in the video directly criticized Prime Minister Netanyahu for failing to prevent Hamas’ attack and for failing to release the hostages.
The woman who said this is Danielle Alloni, who was kidnapped along with her daughter while visiting family in Kibbutz Nir Oz on the 7th. At the beginning of the video, he said, “You promised to release us all. “We are bearing the burden of your (Netanyahu) political and military failures,” he said. He continued, “No one came. “No one was watching us,” she said, describing the moment when she was slaughtered without protection from the state.
He then criticized Israel’s recent intensification of attacks and asked, “Do you want to kill us all? He said, “Do you want to kill us all with your army?” and then shouted, “Please release us.” Aloni became increasingly emotional and said, “Free their prisoners. Free us all. Let’s go back to our families! now! “Now!” he cried.
It is not known whether the woman spoke voluntarily or whether many of the remarks were directed by Hamas.
In a statement released shortly after the release of the video, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office condemned the video as “cruel psychological propaganda” by Hamas and pledged to “make every effort to return home all those kidnapped and missing.” In the statement, Prime Minister Netanyahu mentioned the three women in the video by name and said, “I embrace you. “Our hearts go out to you and the other kidnappers.”
Hamas released only four of the hostages it held on the 7th, including two Israeli women and two dual American-Israeli citizens. It said all four were released on humanitarian grounds. Hamas has previously released several videos showing hostages, but they contained little more than appeals for them to be sent home.
Source: Donga
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