Hamas has released a video announcing the death of two Israeli hostages and claimed that they were killed by Israeli airstrikes.
The video showed a female hostage named in Israeli media as Noa Argamani, 26, speaking under duress, revealing that two men she was held captive with had been killed in captivity. It was not clear when or where the video was filmed and there was no independent confirmation of Hamas’s claims.
The three hostages were shown in a 37-second Hamas video released on Sunday in which the group urged the Israeli government to halt its aerial and ground offensive and bring about their release. The undated clip ended with the caption: “Tomorrow [Monday] we will inform you of their fate.”
In a statement released with the new video, Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam brigades, said the two men, believed to be Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itay Svirsky, 38, had been killed in “the Zionist army’s bombing”.
Amazed to see some people actually believe what Hamas says.
I trust the released hostages that confirm the IDF cares not whom they kill.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-troops-killed-hostages-mistaking-their-cries-help-ambush-military-2023-12-28/
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hostages-gaza-hamas-war-52fa9628e6284cdad6d7f7db6cc30742
You think it might be possible that if you are held hostage you might say what you are told to say?
Here is what the released hostages say.
https://www.businessinsider.com/freed-israeli-captives-hamas-terrified-idf-airstrikes-would-kill-them-2023-12?international=true&r=US&IR=T
Yup. Being hit by a bombing run is pretty frightening.
Point is Noa Argamani wasn’t there, obviously. She was told that and repeated it.
The Guardian - Can we trust casualty figures from the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry?
That’s interesting, as there is no way to verify that data. We know that Hamas adds its own losses to the numbers by their own admission. In addition, in that part of the world the dead are buried quickly so there is no way to verify. Still, the numbers are there and they should be taken with a grain of salt. But, it seems strange to swear by them.
btw
Is this the one where israeli soldiers said Monday to Sunday were terrorists lol.
What i don’t understand is how brazen they were. They just pointed to the calendar and said the days of the week were terrorist names without even censoring it and expected people to believe them. Like what level of hubris is this?
I don’t reflexively distrust things attributed to Hamas but if Israel says anything nowadays I assume it’s a lie, and I don’t really trust defenses of the IDF’s behavior either. If there is no genocide in Gaza then they should send all the money back and there better be a thank-you card in the envelope.
Don’t downvote me, give me my money back.
It seems pretty reliable that the hostages are dead.
The best case scenario is that Hamas is lying about the cause, and the IDF didn’t kill them. That still means that the military campaign is obviously coming at the cost of these people’s lives.
Netanyahu can save the hostages or water war, but not both. That’s what a hostages situation is. He chose war, and the hostages are going to die if an outside force doesn’t intervene.