Al-Qassam Brigades Release New Video Of Two Israeli Captives In Gaza

Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, released a video on Saturday, May 10, showing two Israeli captives alive in the Gaza Strip, with one of them calling to end the 19-month-long genocidal war.

The captives were identified by an Israeli family campaign as Elkana Bohbot and Yosef Ohana, who were kidnapped during the October 7, 2023 cross-border operation against the Israeli occupation.

The undated three-minute video footage shows one of the hostages, 36-year-old Bohbot, visibly weak and lying on the floor wrapped in a blanket.

The second detainee, Ohana, 24, speaks in Hebrew urging the Israeli government to end its war on Gaza and secure the release of the remaining captives

“I am prisoner number 21. This is prisoner number 22,” Ohana says, gesturing to Bohbot.

Ohana says that Bohbot tried to harm himself. “His mental and physical state has seriously deteriorated since we realized the war was dragging on and on. Since then, he has been trying to hurt himself again and again.”

Ohana said the Netanyahu regime’s insistence on continuing the war had prompted him to think whether it sought to prolong the war as much as possible until a certain number of captives remained alive and were brought back to Israel.

“If you want to know the number of the living captives, simply ask Sara Netanyahu. It seems she knows what you don’t,” he said.

“And you Sara, simply tell us what is the number that you want so we can go home. How many should die? Do you want it to be less than 20 or more than 20? Tell us.”

Ohana stressed that the Israeli regime must stop the bloodletting immediately. “Why is this continuing? Why has it not stopped? Tell me, have you gone crazy? One year and seven months. What should have happened and still did not happen? What should have been done and still has not been done?”

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