Camille Naredo

A yellow ribbon along with the number 365, signifying the number of days since the October 7, 2023 attacks carried out by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, is projected along with pictures of the victims of the attacks along the old city walls of Jerusalem late on October 6, 2024 on the eve of the first anniversary of the war that began with the attacks. Ahmad Gharabli, AFP/File

A yellow ribbon along with the number 365, signifying the number of days since the October 7, 2023 attacks carried out by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, is projected along with pictures of the victims of the attacks along the old city walls of Jerusalem late on October 6, 2024 on the eve of the first anniversary of the war that began with the attacks. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

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Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1736094146466AFP__20241006__36JF8Y7__v2__Preview__IsraelPalestinianConflict.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="A yellow ribbon along with the number 365, signifying the number of days since the October 7, 2023 attacks carried out by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, is projected along with pictures of the victims of the attacks along the old city walls of Jerusalem late on October 6, 2024 on the eve of the first anniversary of the war that began with the attacks. Ahmad Gharabli, AFP/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">A yellow ribbon along with the number 365, signifying the number of days since the October 7, 2023 attacks carried out by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, is projected along with pictures of the victims of the attacks along the old city walls of Jerusalem late on October 6, 2024 on the eve of the first anniversary of the war that began with the attacks. <em>Ahmad Gharabli, AFP/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>JERUSALEM -- The armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a video on Saturday of an Israeli hostage held in Gaza since its October 2023 attack.</p><p>In the undated, three-and-a-half-minute video recording that AFP has not been able to verify, 19-year-old soldier Liri Albag called in Hebrew for the Israeli government to secure her release.</p><p>The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a campaign group for relatives of those abducted, said Albag&#x27;s family has not authorized publication of the video.</p><p>&quot;We appeal to the prime minister, world leaders and all decision-makers: it&#x27;s time to take decisions as if it were your own children there,&quot; the family said in a statement.</p><p>Albag was 18 when she was captured by Palestinian militants at the Nahal Oz base on the Gaza border along with six other women conscripts, five of whom remain in captivity.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2024/12/29/israel-to-tell-un-freed-gaza-hostages-faced-physical-sexual-abuse-1929">READ: Israel to tell UN freed Gaza hostages faced physical, sexual abuse</a></div><p>Hamas and its ally Islamic Jihad have released a number of videos of Israeli hostages in their custody during nearly 15 months of fighting in Gaza.</p><p>The militants seized 251 hostages during the 2023 attack, of whom 96 remain in Gaza. The Israeli military says 34 of those are dead.</p><p>Hamas said late on Friday that indirect negotiations with Israel for a truce and hostage release deal were to resume in Qatar that same night. There has since been no update.</p><p>Mediators Qatar, Egypt and the United States have been engaged in months of effort that have failed to end the war.</p><div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABSqEGJjTqP17TH7&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script></div><p>Weekly demonstrations organized by the hostages forum, the latest scheduled in Tel Aviv on Saturday, have kept up the pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a deal to free the hostages.</p><p>The prime minister&#x27;s critics in Israel have accused him of stalling on a deal.</p><p>The forum said the latest video was &quot;firm and incontestable proof of the urgency of bringing the hostages home&quot;.</p><p>On Thursday, Netanyahu&#x27;s office said he had authorized Israeli negotiators to join the latest round of truce and hostage release talks in Qatar.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong><strong></strong></div>

<p>The armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a video on Saturday of an Israeli hostage held in Gaza since its October 2023 attack.</p>

The armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a video on Saturday of an Israeli hostage held in Gaza since its October 2023 attack.

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Hamas armed wing releases video of Gaza hostage

Agence France-Presse

Published January 06, 2025 01:00 AM PHT

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