AhlulBayt News Agency: Al-Qassam Bridges, the armed wing of Hamas, released on Saturday evening a two-minute video of two Israeli captives who said they barely escaped death from an Israeli airstrike.
The families of these two captives identified them as Maxim Herkin and soldier Bar Kuperstein, according to the Hebrew media.
In the recorded message, the two captives expressed their anger over the Israeli army’s resumption of the war on Gaza. They urged the Israeli government to give the Israelis who had been freed from captivity the opportunity to speak about their experiences during their detention in Gaza.
“As we stepped out for a moment to grab some fresh air and see the sky and stars, the Israeli army decided to bomb us, hitting the building I was in,” one of the captives said, adding that they survived thanks to Hamas fighters.
The captive pointed out that he sustained minor injuries on that day when their location was bombed.
“Our place is unsafe. We have no (enough) food, drink or blankets. Hamas fighters risk their lives so we can get some air outside the tunnel while our army bombs us,” the captive said.
He added that al-Qassam fighters had to take the Israeli captives back to the tunnels, which he described as concrete boxes, after the Israeli army resumed the war on Gaza, calling for pressuring Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu to bring them home.
“Do not believe what the government says about pressuring Hamas. The result was our suffering from injuries in the strikes. Bring us back to life. We are dead here. Enough — bring us home,” the captive said.
“We had been skeletons and we just started to recover, but our government insists on forcing us back into the same conditions as before,” he added.
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