Hamas shows three hostages in a new video and announces that it will report on the fate of the prisoners

Three of the estimated 136 hostages that Hamas is holding captive in the Gaza Strip since the deadly October 7 attack on Israeli soil appeared this Monday in a propaganda video in which the terrorists announced they would report on what happened to the prisoners. And they ask people what they think might have happened to them.

“What do you think? Are they all dead, some dead and some alive, or are they all still alive?” Hamas’ armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, asked in the undated video shared on the Telegram social network. .

The three hostages shown in the 33 seconds of footage I am Noa Argamani, 29, Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itay Svirsky, 38. The Islamists close the video by announcing “tonight we will inform you of your fate.”

This message is followed by a first video published by Hamas on Telegram on Sunday evening, in which it can be seen the same three prisoners show up and calling on the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do so Let’s let the war end and bring them home.

Noa Argamani, whose capture at the October 7 electronic party was captured on video, confirms her identity and says: “Stop this madness and return us to our families.”

It is not known where the video was recorded, nor whether the images are recent.S. The three hostages show no signs of mistreatment and they appear healthy.

Hamas has already shared other similar videos, as on October 7, thousands of its militants killed 1,200 people in southern Israel and kidnapped around 240, starting an unprecedented escalation of war in the Strip.

How many hostages are in the hands of Hamas?

It is believed that 136 hostages, of which 25 are already dead– They continue to be kidnapped by Hamas, but the Islamist group said on Sunday it had lost contact with some of them due to the massive military offensive by land and air.

“Most likely, many of them died recently, the rest are in grave danger with each passing hour, and the enemy’s leadership and army are responsible for this,” Hamas armed wing spokesman Abu Obeida said. in a statement broadcast on television, framed in the 100 days of war. .

“Any dialogue before the end of Israeli aggression is useless,” Obeida added.

Total, 110 prisoners were freed, 105 of them during the truce of a week in November in exchange for the release of 240 Palestinian prisoners.

In turn, Israel recovered the bodies of 11 dead hostages, and Israeli forces themselves mistakenly killed 4 of them, one during a botched rescue operation.