The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, released a video on Saturday titled “Time Is Running Out,” showing two Israeli captives in their custody.
In the footage, the two captives recount a recent Israeli airstrike that targeted the building where they were being held. “The Israeli army decided to bomb us and hit the building we were in, but we survived by the grace of God and the Hamas fighters who risked their lives to get us out for air,” they said. “When the bombardment resumed, they quickly returned us to the tunnels.”
The captives described their conditions as dire, saying, “The place we are in is unsafe and lacks all the necessities of life.”
Addressing the Israeli public, the two captives urged unity and action, saying, “Unite and fight for the captives. Do everything necessary to pressure the government. Bring us back to life — we are dead here.”
They also warned against trusting the Israeli government’s narrative, stating, “Do not believe what the government tells you. They claim that military pressure on Hamas will succeed, but this is not true.”
The captives called for those who had been released to be allowed to speak freely, without having their voices silenced.
The video comes a day after al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obeida announced that “half of the living enemy captives are located in areas the Israeli army has recently ordered to evacuate.”
