Hamas’s armed wing released a video on their Telegram channel on Monday night showing three of the elderly male Israeli hostages still in captivity.
The three men - identified by Israel as 79-year-old Chaim Peri, 80-year-old Yoram Metzger and 84-year-old Amiram Cooper - were taken hostage over 10 weeks ago with about 240 others by Hamas infiltrators who carried out a killing spree in Israeli communities.
Sitting in the middle, Peri speaks to the camera, saying he and other elderly hostages who have health issues are “suffering greatly in very harsh conditions.”
IDF Spokesperson Rr-Adm. Daniel Hagari called it “a criminal, terrorist video” that shows “Hamas’ cruelty against very elderly civilians, innocents who need medical care.”
As negotiations continue regarding another hostage deal between Hamas and Israel, Hamas official Osama Hamdan reiterated on Monday the group’s position that any negotiations on a hostage exchange were off the table until Israel stops its war on Gaza.
“We are open to initiatives from Qatar and Egypt about a hostage exchange that would stop the war in Gaza”, Hamdan told a press conference in Beirut.
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Hamas’s armed wing released a video on their Telegram channel on Monday night showing three of the elderly male Israeli hostages still in captivity.
The three men - identified by Israel as 79-year-old Chaim Peri, 80-year-old Yoram Metzger and 84-year-old Amiram Cooper - were taken hostage over 10 weeks ago with about 240 others by Hamas infiltrators who carried out a killing spree in Israeli communities.
Sitting in the middle, Peri speaks to the camera, saying he and other elderly hostages who have health issues are “suffering greatly in very harsh conditions.”
IDF Spokesperson Rr-Adm. Daniel Hagari called it “a criminal, terrorist video” that shows “Hamas’ cruelty against very elderly civilians, innocents who need medical care.”
As negotiations continue regarding another hostage deal between Hamas and Israel, Hamas official Osama Hamdan reiterated on Monday the group’s position that any negotiations on a hostage exchange were off the table until Israel stops its war on Gaza.
“We are open to initiatives from Qatar and Egypt about a hostage exchange that would stop the war in Gaza”, Hamdan told a press conference in Beirut.
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