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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israeli captive: “Netanyahu’s military operations in Gaza will eventually lead to my death”</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">Aseel Saleh</div>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time">November 14, 2024<br></div>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><img src="cid:ii_m3hok5uo0" alt="Hostage-gaza-1536x864.jpeg" width="394" height="222"><br><p><font size="1">Hostage Alexander Trupanov. Photo: Screenshot </font></p><div>
<p>The military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement, Saraya al-Quds Brigades, released a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34ldDsp14eQ">video message</a> of an Israeli captive held by the brigades in the Gaza strip on Wednesday, November 13.</p>
<p>The captive blamed Netanyahu’s government for the miserable living
conditions they have experienced due to the continuous blockade imposed
on the besieged strip by Israel, which has also affected the captives.</p>
<p>“My name is Alexander Trupanov, I am 28 years old. I have been held
captive by the Mujahideen of the Islamic Jihad for one year. A year,
during which we have suffered lack of food, drink and electricity, and
currently we are suffering a scarcity in our essential needs of soap and
shampoo. I have developed skin diseases that I never suffered from
before, due to this situation,” Trupanov said.</p>
<p>“I would like to remind the citizens of Israel, when you eat or drink
something you have to remember us, the captives, because we do not have
the opportunity to enjoy the food and drink that you consume. I want
you to think about us when you close the border crossing to cause a
hardship to the Palestinian people in Gaza; causing a hardship to them
means causing a hardship to us,” the Israeli captive added.</p>
<p>Trupanov held Netanyahu’s government accountable for the death of
many Israeli captives in the Gaza strip in airstrikes and military
operations launched by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF).</p>
<p>He also clarified that he has frequently been in danger, throughout
over a year of aggression, due to the military operations carried out by
IOF to supposedly free the Israeli captives from Gaza. Trupanov also
asserted that the fighters of Islamic Jihad saved his life multiple
times. He said that some of these fighters sustained injuries, while
others were killed while trying to save his life, and that his life has
been exposed to an imminent risk on a daily basis.</p>
<p>“The military operations, which Netanyahu has chosen, will eventually
lead to my death. I want to tell you that I began to fear our army. I
am afraid of the moment at which the army will reach me, or the moment
at which they will strike the place where I am held. The number of
captives who were killed in this war is not small, it is a big number.
Only a few were released by military operations. The only good thing
they did for the captives was the first ceasefire deal,” Trupanov said.</p>
<p>Moreover, Trupanov accused the Israeli government of expanding the
war with Lebanon, so the Israeli people would forget the issue of the
captives, and to provoke a war with Iran. He pointed out that his
government’s deeds “will end up in burying the captives deep under the
ground.”</p>
<p>Additionally, Trupanov urged the people of Israel to take to the
streets, although they have organized demonstrations every Saturday for
more than one year, without having their demands for a
captives-for-prisoners deal being met. The Israeli captive called on his
people to further escalate demonstrations, block the roads for a long
period of time, and to organize prolonged comprehensive strikes. He also
implored the Israeli people to do whatever they can do, so the captives
would return alive and in good health. Trupanov asserted that the
captives’ return will be possible by exerting pressure on the Israeli
government.</p>
<p>It is worth noting that the Islamic Jihad released the video, a couple of days after Qatar <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/13/qatar-suspends-its-ceasefire-mediation-throwing-future-of-talks-into-question/">announced</a>
that it was stalling its mediation efforts in the ceasefire talks until
the concerned parties show “willingness and seriousness” to end the
war. Qatar’s step has been interpreted as a matter of exerting pressure
on Hamas upon a reported request of the Biden’s administration.</p>
<p>The release of the video at this specific timing, is seen as reaction
by the Palestinian resistance groups in the Gaza strip to the
suspension of Qatar’s mediation. Perhaps, the Islamic Jihad wanted to
deliver a message to Israel and the US through the captive’s televised
message, that only a permanent ceasefire and captives-for-prisoners deal
will end the war.</p>
<p>The resistance movement may also wanted to remind Israel and the US
that not all Israeli captives are held by Hamas, but also by other
resistance groups or “components” as the spokesperson of Hamas’s
military wing Abu Obeida stated at the beginning of the aggression. The
video also shows the unity of the Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza,
and their united position in rejecting to end the war through unfair
compromises, but through ending the Israeli aggression and the release
of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.</p>
<p>The timing of the video is also important, as the amount of aid entering Gaza has dropped to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/11/aid-gaza-trucks-food-lowest-level-year-despite-us-ultimatum">the lowest level in eleven months</a>, pushing Gaza to the edge of starvation and serious health crisis.</p>
<p>The US had issued an ultimatum on October 13, warning Israel that it
should allow the access of more humanitarian supplies to Gaza within 30
days, otherwise it would withhold arms supplies to the Zionist state.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, November 12, the deadline given to Israel ended and media <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/12/israel-fails-to-meet-us-deadline-to-increase-gaza-aid-rights-groups-say">reports</a>
indicated that the agreed upon amount of aid was not allowed to enter
the besieged enclave. Nevertheless, the US announced on Tuesday that it
will not restrict arms transfer to Israel after the deadline was
exceeded, as it is still assessing the improvement of the situation in
Gaza based on the steps already implemented by Israel, and additional
steps yet to be taken.</p>
<p>The Deputy Spokesperson for the US Department of State <a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/no-policy-change-to-announce-says-us-as-gaza-deadline-for-israel-expires/3392242">Vedant Patel</a>
said on Tuesday: “We, at this time, have not made an assessment that
the Israelis are in violation of US law.” Patel’s statement confirms
again that the US is able to stop the genocide and the grave
humanitarian crisis in the region, but refuses to stop the arms
shipments which enable Israel’s crimes.</p>
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