Israeli hostage Elkan Bochbot in the video asks for freedom. Hamas allegedly offers the exchange of hostages for a ceasefire, negotiations are in Doha, Qatar.
The Palestinian radical movement Hamas published another video with Israeli hostage Elkan Bochbot, who is detained in the Gaza Strip from the Israel attack from October 7, 2023, AFP reported, TASR writes.
The detained Israelis in the video calls on the Israeli authorities to plan for being released. The video lasts more than three minutes and captures the hostage as gestures and asking for freedom in Hebrew. AFP couldn’t verify when and where in the Gaza band the video was shot. Israel considers such recordings to be part of the Hamas Psychological War.
Hamas posted a video with this hostage five days ago. It was also an approximately three -minute video, the date of which cannot be verified. It captures two men sitting on the ground and speaking in Hebrew on the camera. They speak to the hostage they have already released and ask him to talk about his captivity in Israel and help speed up their release.
The man, according to his wife in captivity changed
Bochbot’s wife said in response to this video that Elkana has changed a lot in captivity and looks different than the man she has in his memory.
Bochbot was kidnapped on October 7, 2023 from the Nova Music Festival, where he was working. He saw his wife Rivka and their three -year -old son Rama for the last time on October 6, 2023.
Ynetnews reported that Israel is currently actively participating in the ongoing negotiations on the Hostage Agreement that are taking place between Egypt, Qatar and Hamas. At the same time, regional intermediaries are trying to reach such an agreement before the Muslim holiday of the Al-Fitr, which starts on Sunday.
In recent days, several versions of potential agreements have appeared – Hamas reportedly expressed his willingness that in exchange for a 50 -day ceasefire he will release five living Israeli hostages.
