They were captured during the attack on October 7. Their families demanded an agreement that would allow their immediate release.
June 24, 2024, 3:33 p.m.
The video showing the kidnapping of three Israeli hostages (Video: X/@AJCGlobal, Photo: Ynet)
Relatives of three of the 116 hostages who remain captive in the Gaza Strip, 262 days after the Hamas attack on Israeli territory, released this Monday a video of the moment of the kidnapping of their loved ones, on October 7, 2023, and They demanded that the Israeli government reach an agreement for their release.
In the video, recorded by Hamas militants’ body cameras, they appear Hersh Goldberg-Polin23 years old, Or Levy33, and Eliya Cohen26, forcibly taken from a bunker in which they hid after escaping from the NOVA festival during multiple Hamas attacks, which left some 1,200 dead.
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In the images, armed and uniformed militiamen are seen loading the bloodied young people into the back of a white Toyota truck, and the Israeli-American Goldberg-Polin is seriously injured, with the upper part of his left arm burst and raw. . As the vehicle moves toward Gaza, a militiaman appears to put a tourniquet on Goldberg-Polin.
“They were captured alive and must return alive”
The Forum that represents the families of those kidnapped in Gaza demanded the release of Hersh, Eliya and Or: “They were captured alive and must return alive, today. “Every day that passes, the hostages are at greater risk and our chances of bringing them back safely decrease,” he urged.
On April 24, Goldberg-Polin appeared in another video, released by the armed wing of Hamas, in which she said on camera that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be ashamed for abandoning the hostages.
Eliya Cohen, Or Levy and Hersh Goldberg-Polin (Photo: Maariv)
So, about 200 days had passed since his kidnapping. Today we have to add another two months, in addition to protests every Saturday by family members and activists who ask the Government to make an agreement and, in addition, to resign and call for early elections.
“After almost 9 months of fighting and despite recent achievements, it is evident to everyone that returning the 120 hostages – four of them before October 7 – is only possible through an agreement,” said the UN Forum statement. families, which urges Netanyahu to make an agreement with Hamas.
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After the video was published, Netanyahu said in a statement that the images of Hersh, Or and Eliya “tear the heart and emphasize once again the cruelty of the enemy” and reiterated that the war will not end until the hostages are brought home.
A single truce deal reached in November saw the release of 105 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners. In addition, four more hostages were freed by Hamas in October and three others were rescued by the Army, which has already recovered the lifeless bodies of 20 hostages, three of whom were killed by Israeli troops themselves in December.
On June 8, Israeli forces freed four hostages alive, in an unprecedented rescue operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp in which some 270 Gazans died.
(With EFE)
