Hamas released a new video that appeared to show two Israeli hostages who have been held in the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel.
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The video is similarly filmed to previous hostage videos made public by the Islamist group, which Israel has condemned as psychological terrorism.
The two men, identified as Keith Siegel, 64, and Omri Miran, 47, speak individually in front of an empty background. They send their love to their families and ask to be released.
\nMiran was taken hostage from his home in the community of Nahal Oz in front of his wife and two young daughters during the Hamas killing spree that sparked the war in Gaza.
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Siegel, who is a dual U.S. citizen, was taken captive with his wife from another border town. She was later released during a brief November truce.
The video was published during the Passover holiday, when Jews traditionally celebrate the biblical story of gaining freedom from slavery in Egypt.
\nAt one point Siegel breaks down crying as he recounts celebrating the holiday with his family last year and expressing his hope that they will be reunited.
Around 250 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage during the Hamas assault, which killed some 1,200 people, according to Israeli tallies, in the deadliest single attack in Israel\u2019s history.
\nIn response, Israel launched an assault on Gaza, pledging to destroy Hamas and bring the hostages home. The assault has so far killed almost 35,000 Palestinians, according to health authorities in Hamas-ruled Gaza.
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Hamas released a video showing two Israeli hostages, Keith Siegel and Omri Miran, who have been held in Gaza since an assault in October. Siegel, a dual U.S. citizen, was taken captive with his wife, who was later released. Miran was taken from his home in front of his family. The hostages ask to be released and express love for their families in the video. Israel condemned the video as psychological terrorism. During the Passover holiday, Siegel breaks down crying, expressing hope for a reunion with his family. The assault by Hamas led to the taking of around 250 hostages and the death of 1,200 people. Israel launched an assault on Gaza in response, resulting in almost 35,000 Palestinian deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1521,1943,383,7129,2460,2692,3502,2259,5596,2459,145,895,298,210,658,2133,4407,5138,1025,299,3426,462,382,114,939,2389,293,6024,6305,7871,18],"class_list":["post-9915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-1521","tag-assault","tag-attack","tag-border","tag-community","tag-death","tag-deaths","tag-egypt","tag-families","tag-family","tag-gaza","tag-gaza-strip","tag-hamas","tag-health","tag-history","tag-holiday","tag-hope","tag-hostage","tag-hostages","tag-israel","tag-israeli-hostages","tag-palestinians","tag-terrorism","tag-top-news","tag-truce","tag-video","tag-war","tag-war-in-gaza","tag-who","tag-wife","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n