Hamas releases new footage of hostage victims
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Palestinian militant group Hamas has published a video showing brief statements by each of the six Israeli hostages before they were killed at the weekend.
It wasn’t clear when the clips were recorded but the move deepened the sense of grief felt by many Israelis. It came a day after the funeral of one of the hostages, Israeli-american Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
The hostages killed (clockwise from top left): Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Alexander Lobanov and Almog Sarusi.Credit: AP
On Monday, Hamas released a video of Eden Yerushalmi, a 24-year-old woman who had been working as a bartender at the Nova music festival on October 7 when Hamas crossed the border and attacked people in southern Israel.
In the video, Yerushalmi spoke about her love for her parents and sisters, saying she missed them, the New York Times reported.
The hostages killed over the weekend were captured in the October 7 attack. Israel has said they were killed shortly before its military forces reached them in a tunnel under Gaza.
Indicted: Yahya Sinwar.Credit: AP
Israel has called the videos “psychological warfare”, with rights groups pointing out that they were made under duress, and their production can constitute a war crime, the New York Times reported.
Several of the six were on the list of hostages expected to be released in the first phase of a deal brokered by the US, Egypt and Qatar, which has been stalled for several months.
