Hamas releases video it says is of Israeli hostage held in Gaza since 2023 attack Family of now 19-year-old conscript Liri Albag appeals to PM to ‘take decisions as if it were your own children there’.
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said in response to the video that Israel continued to work tirelessly to bring the hostages home, adding: “Anyone who dares to harm our hostages will bear full responsibility for their actions.”.
The armed wing of Hamas has released a video it says is of an Israeli hostage held in Gaza since its October 2023 attack.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a campaign group for relatives of those abducted, said the family has not authorised publication of the video.
He is under growing pressure from hostages’ families to reach a deal that will free their loved ones, with weekly demonstrations organised by the hostages forum, the latest in Tel Aviv on Saturday.