Palestinian terrorists launch hostage movies of Israeli boy and girl
- Palestinian Islamic Jihad has shared its first hostage movies since October 7
Palestinian terrorists have launched disturbing new hostage movies of a 13-year-old boy and an aged girl who had been kidnapped when their kibbutz was stormed on October 7.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group has now shared its first ‘signal of life’ movies of every of the captives. The hostages look gaunt and exhausted as they communicate to the digicam, Hannah from what seems to be a wheelchair.
Each sharply criticises Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, blaming him for the continued scenario. It isn’t clear if they’re studying from a script.
The PIJ – which is allied with however separate from Hamas – shared one other video claiming it’s ready to launch the pair for ‘humanitarian and medical causes’, however provided that ‘acceptable measures’ are met.
Palestinian militants of the Islamic Jihad motion take part in an anti-Israel army parade in Gaza City, October 4, 2023 (file picture)
Yagil’s mom beforehand mentioned she fears her son and his older brother Or are being held in one of many terrorists’ underground tunnels. Pictured: Grab from an animated video concerning the boys’ abduction
Renana Gome mentioned the final thing she heard Yagil saying was: ‘Don’t take me, I’m too younger.’ Pictured: Grab from an animated video concerning the boys’ abduction
Israel has condemned it as psychological warfare and refused to reply to the PIJ’s claims that it’ll quickly launch hostages.
‘This is an indication of life, and it’s important,’ Israeli army spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari mentioned when requested concerning the movies.
‘I’ll, for the second, ignore the query of their launch… We would be the first to replace the households earlier than something occurs.’
Yagil was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz alongside his 16-year-old brother Or on October 7.
The boys had been asleep and residential alone when terrorists launched their barbaric assault on their village.
They sealed themselves in a protected room and referred to as their mom, Renana Gome, who survived an assault on one other Kibbutz the place she had been staying along with her daughter.
The boys’ mom mentioned they had been ‘scared to loss of life’ and needed to whisper to her over the telephone as she heard voices talking in Arabic within the background.
Yagil’s older brother desperately tried to carry the door shut because the terrorists pressured their manner in.
The final thing she heard Yagil saying was: ‘Don’t take me, I’m too younger.’
Yocheved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooperbeing launched by Hamas terrorists on October 23
Renana has since shared her harrowing account of the horrific day in an animated brief movie, detailing what occurred to her sons who she fears are being held in one of many terrorists’ underground tunnels.
‘I hope they’re collectively, preserving one another robust and hope they’re with different youngsters,’ she mentioned within the aftermath of her sons’ abduction.
The hostage movies are the primary to be launched by the PIJ, whereas a number of hostages have been filmed talking from captivity by Hamas.
The first video launched by the terrorists was of 21-year-old Mia Schem, who was cruelly taken when Hamas stormed the Nova music competition the place it slaughtered round 260 folks.
She seems to be injured within the heartbreaking video message, throughout which she pleads with the Israeli authorities: ‘I solely ask that you simply get me out of right here as quickly as attainable. Please.’
Hamas has to this point launched 4 of the round 240 hostages it’s holding, with the assistance of mediation by Qatar.
Late final month, American mom Judith Raanan and her daughter Natalie, 17, had been freed by the terrorists.
Posters exhibiting the kidnapped, Israeli Dafna Elyakim and Israeli-Argentinians Yuval and Ronan Engel are seen as folks collect outdoors the Qatari Embassy in London on October 29, 2023
A couple of days later, 85-year-old grandmother Yocheved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooper – often known as Nurit Yitzhak – had been handed again to Israel.
Many of the determined households of these nonetheless being held have urged Israel to agree an ‘everyone-for-everyone’ prisoner swap, releasing a few of the hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
The White House right this moment introduced that Israel has agreed to start every day four-hour humanitarian pauses in its assault on Hamas in northern Gaza as a part of an effort to get hostages out.
Smoke is seen rising from Sderot City after Israeli airstrikes on Thursday, November 9
National Security Advisor John Kirby mentioned: ‘Israel will start to implement four-hour pauses in areas of northern Gaza every day, with an announcement to be made three hours beforehand.
‘We’ve been informed by the Israelis that there will likely be no army operations in these areas over the period of the pause (and) that this course of is beginning right this moment.’
He mentioned the pauses might assist in ‘getting all 239 hostages again with their households to incorporate the lower than 10 Americans that we all know are being held. So if we are able to get all of the hostages out, that is a pleasant finite objective.
‘Humanitarian pauses may be helpful within the switch course of.’
