[News] Al-Qassam Brigades release new video address by Israeli captive

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Al-Qassam Brigades release new video address by Israeli captive
Al Mayadeen English
March 29, 2025
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The Israeli captive previously appeared in a video address, pleading with
the Israeli government to stop its renewed aggression on Gaza after it
worsened their living conditions.

   - [image: The Israeli captive Elkana Bohbot as seen in the video address
   published by al-Qassam Brigades, Gaza, occupied Palestine, March 29, 2025
   (Al-Qassam Brigades Military Media)]
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   The Israeli captive Elkana Bohbot as seen in the video address published by
   al-Qassam Brigades, Gaza, occupied Palestine, on March 29, 2025 (Al-Qassam
   Brigades Military Media)

Al-Qassam Brigades—the military wing of Hamas—released a video of an
Israeli captive, while Israeli media described the footage as "harsh
psychological warfare propaganda," on Saturday evening.

Elkana Bohbot, who identified himself as "captive No. 22," confirmed that
he was the one who requested the video be recorded —not Hamas— having
previously sent a message to Benjamin Netanyahu's government published by
the Qassam Brigades on March 24, along with another captive.

In the video, the Israeli captive is seen crying and shouting, pleading
with his government to bring him back and secure his release from Gaza,
just as Israeli female soldiers and elderly detainees were freed during the
first phase of the ceasefire agreement's captive exchange in January and
February.

Elkana appealed to the Israeli occupation's General Labor Union, saying,
"I'm suffocating—I need to get out of here," and then questioned, "You
defend your recognized workers, so why won’t you stand up for me?" The
Israeli captive stressed that no military operation could force the release
of Israeli captives from Gaza
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-captives-say-return-of-war-to-kill-them-in-new-video?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=%23captives>,
warning that "any such attempt would only get them killed."

In his earlier message, where he appeared alongside fellow captive Hayim
Ohana—who identified himself as "Captive No. 21"—Elkana warned that "Israel’s
renewed attacks on Gaza would mean the end for us.
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"

The two captives noted that their handlers had initially treated them
well—they were no longer starving, had access to fresh air, and conditions
improved when the ceasefire deal took effect and border crossings reopened.
However, they suffered a harsh setback on the 18th of this month when the
war on Gaza resumed.
Captives try to reason with Netanyahu

40 former Israeli captives
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-military-pressure-kills-hostages---former-captives-to-netan>
 in Gaza and 250 relatives of captives held in the Palestinian enclave have
signed a letter urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to
halt its renewed aggression and resume negotiations with Hamas to secure
the release of the remaining 59 captives.

"Stop the fighting. Return to the negotiating table and fully complete an
agreement that will return all of the hostages, even at the cost of ending
the war," the letter read, warning that "Israel's" military pressure is
endangering the captives.

“Military pressure kills hostages and disappears bodies. This is not a
slogan, this is reality," it emphasized, recalling that 41 captives were
killed in Gaza.

The former captives and their families accused the Israeli occupation
government of "choosing an endless war over rescuing and returning
hostages, thereby sacrificing them to their deaths
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-families-forum-accuse-gov--of--giving-up-lives-of-ca>.
This policy is criminal."
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