Israel Palestine Conflict: Hamas’s armed force Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades on Saturday (May 11) released a video of a man held hostage in Gaza by Palestinian operatives. He is seen alive in this footage. The video footage is only 11 seconds long, in which the person is heard saying, ‘Time is passing. Your government is lying.
According to news agency AFP, the words that this person is speaking are seen on the screen and are written in Hebrew and Arabic languages. This video was shared on Telegram group. The video also shows that the hostage has been called under pressure. The hostage in the video is a British citizen and his eye is black. He seems to be speaking under pressure. Video footage of prisoners in Gaza has been released for the third time in less than a month.
Claims to be a British citizen in the video
Dressed in a white T-shirt, he introduces himself as Popplewell, 51, from Kibbutz Nirim in southern Israel. Popwell was abducted from her home along with her mother, Hannah Perry, during a Hamas attack on October 7, who were released during a week-long ceasefire in November. On April 27, Hamas released a video in which two hostages, Keith Siegel and Omri Miran, were shown alive.
Reaction from the families of the hostages
Three days ago, another video was released in which hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin was shown alive. These videos come amid increasing domestic pressure on the Israeli government to ensure the release of the remaining hostages. “Every sign of life from the hostages held by Hamas is another cry of crisis for the Israeli government and its leaders,” the group of families said in a statement Saturday.
On October 7, when Hamas operatives attacked southern Israel, about 250 people were kidnapped from the Gaza Strip. Israeli officials say 128 of them are still held captive in the Palestinian territories, of whom 36 are dead. More than 1,170 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.
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