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        <h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Al-Qassam Brigades release new video address by Israeli captive</h1>
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          <div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time">March 29, 2025</div>
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        <div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><p>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.</p><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
<a href="https://alpha-en-media.almayadeen.net/media/image/2025/3/29/466ed76a-36fc-4b40-97ae-f282d4692089.jpg?width=1000" tabindex="0"><img src="https://alpha-en-media.almayadeen.net/media/image/2025/3/29/466ed76a-36fc-4b40-97ae-f282d4692089.jpg?width=1000&preset=w700" alt="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)" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img"></a>
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)

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<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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 <a href="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" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no military operation could force the release of Israeli captives from Gaza</a>, warning that "any such attempt would only get them killed."</p>
<p>In his earlier message, where he appeared alongside fellow captive 
Hayim Ohana—who identified himself as "Captive No. 21"—Elkana warned 
that "<a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-military-pressure-kills---israeli-captives--families-protes?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=%23captives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel’s renewed attacks on Gaza would mean the end for us.</a>"</p>
<p>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.</p>
<h2>Captives try to reason with Netanyahu</h2>
<p>40 <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-military-pressure-kills-hostages---former-captives-to-netan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former Israeli captives</a><span> </span>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.</p>
<p>"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.</p>
<p>“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.</p>
<p>The former captives and their families accused the Israeli occupation
 government of "choosing an endless war over rescuing and returning 
hostages, thereby<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-families-forum-accuse-gov--of--giving-up-lives-of-ca">sacrificing them to their deaths</a>. This policy is criminal."</p></div></div></div>
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