Hamas releases sickening video of Israeli hostage begging for his life earlier than threatening ‘time is working out’ as terrorist group calls for 50-day ceasefire
Hamas has released a sickening video of an Israeli hostage begging for his life before threatening ‘time is running out’ in a haunting message.
The terror group shared a video titled ‘Time is running out’ of Israeli captive Elkana Bohbot and demanded a deal to secure his return.
The propaganda footage showed the hostage distraught and teary-eyed, begging to be released so he can see his wife and son.
Addressing the Histadrut Labor Federation, he said: ‘You got out the female soldiers. You got out the elderly. You got out the young people. You got out everyone. What about us?’
Bohbot gets on his knees, pleading to be freed, at the end of the video which he says he wasn’t pressured into.
It is the second such video shared by the militant group within days. The Times of Israel reported that Bohbot’s family approved the video to be published.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum campaign group identified the man as Bohbot.
He was abducted from the site of a music festival in southern Israel during Hamas’s October 7 attack in 2023.
Hamas has released a sickening video of an Israeli hostage begging for his life before threatening ‘time is running out’ in a haunting message
The terror group shared a video titled ‘Time is running out’ of Israeli captive Elkana Bohbot and demanded a deal to secure his return
People take part in a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 29
Palestinians shop ahead of Eid al-Fitr in a market set up among the rubble of buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on March 29
The footage lasts more than three minutes, showing Bohbot speaking in Hebrew and pleading for his freedom.
AFP could not verify when or where in the Gaza Strip the video was recorded.
Bohbot was seen along with another captive, Yosef Haim Ohana, in a video released on Monday by the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing.
In that footage, the two men spoke about the dangers they have faced since Israeli air strikes on Gaza resumed on March 18, after more than two months of truce.
In Saturday’s video, Bohbot again says the ongoing bombardment could cost him his life, asking to be reunited with his wife and son.
Since Israel renewed its offensive in Gaza, Hamas has warned that the military operations could put the hostages in danger.
Of the 251 hostages taken during Hamas’s 2023 attack on Israel, 58 remain in captivity in Gaza including 34 whom the Israeli military says are dead.
Israel’s renewed attacks on Saturday left nearly a dozen people dead in Gaza according to the civil defence agency.
It followed weeks of deadlock in talks to extend the ceasefire that began on January 19.
But on Friday, a senior Hamas official said that talks between the group and mediators over a ceasefire deal were gaining momentum even as Israel continued its offensive in Gaza.
Bassem Naim, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, said in a statement: ‘We hope that the coming days will bring a real breakthrough in the war situation, following intensified communications with and between mediators in recent days.’
On Saturday evening, thousands of Israelis protested in the country’s commercial hub Tel Aviv, calling on the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire deal.
Adi Al-Rubaie, who was killed by Hamas for protesting against them
Palestinians shop in a market set up among the rubble of buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Khan Yunis
In the town of Beit Lahiya, where a protest took place on Tuesday, about 3,000 people demonstrated, with many chanting ‘the people want the fall of Hamas’
Palestinians gather to protest against the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, in Gaza City, on 26 March
Some former hostages, relatives, and family members of captives held in Gaza addressed the rally.
‘Soon, Israel will celebrate Passover … I wish for us to be able to hold the seder night with the hostages, who must return so that we can truly celebrate a real festival,’ said former hostage Yair Horn, whose brother Eitan is held in Gaza.
‘Prime Minister… let’s reach a deal without fighting.’
The week-long Jewish festival to be celebrated in April, also known in Hebrew as the ‘holiday of freedom’, is traditionally observed with a seder: a holiday feast when families eat symbolic food and read the Haggadah.
Israelis have also stepped up protests in recent days against parliament’s approval of a law expanding the power of politicians over the appointment of judges.
The law is part of Netanyahu government’s overall judicial reforms package that sparked one of the largest protest movements in Israel’s history in 2023 before being overtaken by the war in Gaza.
It comes as Hamas threatened to kill Gazans who took part in protests against the terrorist group.
It has been rattled by demonstrations across Gaza last week, demanding it leave the Strip and release the last Israeli hostages.
The protests, which appeared spontaneous, were posted on social media. The videos show hundreds in each march risking their lives chanting ‘Hamas, out, out, out’ and ‘Hamas are terrorists’.
It is the first show of large-scale Palestinian dissent against Hamas since the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel by the terrorists which left 1,200 dead and 250 kidnapped.
Palestinians protest to demand an end to war, on March 26 in Gaza
Palestinians hold signs and chant slogans against Hamas during anti-war protests in a rare show of public anger against the militant group that rules the territory, in Deir al-Balah Gaza Strip, Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Palestinians protest to demand an end to war, chanting anti-Hamas slogans, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26
Gazans had stayed silent against their Hamas rulers despite 50,000 dying and homes lying in ruins.
Now Hamas is trying to crush further protests.
On Arabic social media, desperate Gazans say they are being summoned for interviews by Hamas’s intelligence unit. Videos of Hamas fighters intimidating Gazans have also emerged.
On Thursday, masked Hamas gunmen fired automatic weapons in the air to disperse protesters in the northern city of Beit Lahia.
In a picture taken there that day, four masked Hamas gunmen look on with clubs and machetes as the demonstrators march by.
On Facebook, Osama Ismail says Hamas gunmen came to his house in Deir al-Balah and tried to kidnap his brother Khalid who joined in protests at Maghazi refugee camp.
Mr Ismail says the thugs said they wanted to kill his brother.
Abdel Hamid Abdel Aati, editor of Al-Mowatin newspaper in Gaza, said Hamas had imposed house arrests on activists for ten days.
