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Relatives of female soldiers held hostage by Hamas publish video of their kidnapping

The families of five Israeli girl soldiers who are among the hostages of the Hamas in Link decided to publish this Wednesday the video that captures the moment they were kidnapped on October 7th, during attacks by the Palestinian group, on the Nahal Oz military base, in the south of Israel.

The video, captured by the body cameras of combatants in the Hamas and which lasts just over three minutes, shows images of young women Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Daniela Gilboa and Naama Levy bloodied and tied against the wall after being captured by militiamen in the shelter of the military base, where they were hiding.

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In the images, released before the meeting scheduled for today of the Israeli governmentyou can also see how one of the combatants addresses one of the girls and says: “I want you to shut up and sit down! Our brothers died because of you and we will shoot you all.”

In another fragment of the video, one of the militiamen can be heard saying: “Here are the girls who can get pregnant. They are the Zionists”.

“We didn’t think it would last this long, and the world needs to know that Hamas “It still keeps young, innocent women who are not to blame for anything.”transfer Sasha Ariev to EFE, sister of hostage Karina Ariev, 19 years old.

“We feel that there is less and less hope. In the international media we only see images of Link and no one talks about our hostages anymore. They do not care. With this video we try to press Hamas, Qatar and the United States”, He explained to EFE Ashley Agamcousin of Agam Berger, also 19 years old.

The forum for the families of the hostages published in a statement: “Every day that passes it becomes more difficult to bring hostages back home: the living for rehabilitation and the murdered for a dignified burial. The Israeli Government must not waste another moment, it must return to the negotiating table today.”

The Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, wrote on his X account after publishing the video that “the world must look at this cruel atrocity. Those who care about women’s rights must speak out. All those who believe freedom must speak and do everything possible to bring all the hostages home now.”

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In turn, the Minister of the War Cabinet of Israel, Benny Gantzalso indicated on his X account that he was “turned my stomach” after seeing the images and that his thoughts will continue with the hostages until everyone returns home.

“O responsibility of leaders is not just looking reality in the eye, but creating a different reality, even when that means taking on difficult decisions. And that is our responsibility.”he added in reference to the stalled truce negotiations.

Likewise, Israel’s Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, guaranteed today that the video will be one of the materials he will present at a meeting with the ambassadors of Spain, Norway and Irelandfor a reprimanding conversation”, whose date has not yet been set, after announcing today that next Tuesday they will recognize the Palestinian State.

Girl soldiers stationed at the base Nahal Oz They were in charge of surveillance duties. Months before the October 7 attack, they notified the Army when they saw suspicious movements on the border between Gaza and Israel.

During that morning, at least 15 female soldiers died and seven of them were kidnapped, among whom was Ori Megidsh18 years old, was rescued on October 30 by the Israeli Army after 23 days of captivity and Noa Maricano He died during the kidnapping and his body was recovered by Israeli forces.

The other five girl soldiers, most between 19 and 20 years old, remain in captivity Hamas after 229 days of war, while negotiations to reach a truce pact between the Palestinian group and Israel they remain encysted.



Source: Elcomercio

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