The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas released a video showing two of the hostages it is holding hostage in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Forum Families of Hostages and Missing Persons He identified them as Omri Miran, 47, and Keith Siegel, 64, kidnapped during the deadly raid by Islamist commandos in southern Israel on October 7.
Siegel also has American nationality and appears crying, and although it is not possible to know if the recording is recent, he mentions Passover, in reference to the current Jewish Passover that is celebrated these days in Israel, while Miran says he has been captive for 202 days. .
It’s time to reach an agreement that gets us out of here safely… Keep protesting, so that there is an agreement now; I have been here in Hamas captivity for 202 days. The situation here is unpleasant, difficult and there are many bombs,” Miran, 47, is heard saying in the images, indicating that they were taken earlier this week.
The family forum considered that the disclosure of the video should encourage the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate directly with Hamas with a view to a truce in the war in Gaza and demonstrate their efforts to free all the hostages.
“The proof of life of Keith Siegel and Omri Miran is the clearest evidence that the Israeli government must do everything possible to approve an agreement for the return of all hostages before Independence Day (May 14),” noted the organization.
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“The living must return for recovery and those killed must receive a dignified burial,” he added. In this context, thousands of protesters took to the streets of cities such as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to demand an agreement for the release of Israeli hostages kidnapped in the Gaza Strip.
The Jerusalem demonstration was held jointly by the groups calling for Netanyahu’s resignation and the families of the hostages.
Among the at least 133 kidnapped people still held captive in Gaza is Mexican Oriol Hernández, who was captured by Hamas on October 7 while at the Nova music festival.
Meanwhile, some high-ranking US officials have told the secretary of state that they do not consider Israel’s assurances to use weapons supplied by their country in accordance with international humanitarian law “credible or reliable,” according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters.
Anthony Blinken must inform Congress by May 8 whether he believes Israel is not violating international law.
In this context, the Lebanese Hezbollah stated yesterday that it bombed northern Israel with “drones and guided missiles,” in response to Israeli attacks that killed three people in southern Lebanon, two of them belonging to that pro-Iranian Islamist movement.
However, the Israeli military noted that its Iron Dome air defense system “successfully intercepted a suspected aerial target that crossed from Lebanon to the Manara area in northern Israel.”
One organization identified the hostages as Omri Miran, 47, and Keith Siegel, 64, both Israelis. Photos: AFP
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2024-04-29 12:56:28