Hamas released Monday a video showing three of the more than 230 people Israel says were seized by Palestinian militants in massive October 7 raids that triggered an all-out war in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the anguished images of the three women as "cruel psychological propaganda" and vowed to "do everything to bring home all the kidnapped and missing people".
Following the release of the video, friends and relatives of the three Israeli women shown in captivity came together to call on the international community to push harder for their release. The three women in Monday's video were seen sitting on plastic chairs against a tile wall at an undisclosed location.She makes agitated hand gestures and starts shouting, almost screaming by the end of the statement.Israel says 239 people were seized by Hamas fighters who crossed the border on October 7 to launch surprise attacks on kibbutz communities, towns and military bases that killed 1,400 people.
Netanyahu, whose government has acknowledged security failures before the attacks, met some families of hostages on Saturday and President Isaac Herzog met others on Monday following criticism that the relatives had been ignored."There is a tremendous intelligence and operational effort that history has not seen before, all to obtain any possible information," government hostage envoy Gal Hirsch told families in a meeting over the weekend, according to attendees.
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