Hamas armed wing releases video showing a captive alive

2025-04-19 10:43:52

Israeli media identified him as Elkana Bohbot, who was abducted from the site of a music festival in southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

The Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades released the more than four-minute clip, in which he is seen sitting in a tiny room and purportedly talking to a friend and some family members.

It could not be confirmed whether such a call took place, and AFP was unable to verify when the video was filmed.

In the footage, Bohbot is seen speaking into a landline telephone, urging a friend to take his wife to the White House to meet US President Donald Trump in an effort to secure his release.

It is the third such video of Bohbot in recent weeks, with the previous clip released in late March.

In that video, he had urged the Israeli government to secure his freedom.

Of the 251 captives taken in 2023, 58 remain in captivity in Gaza, including 34 whom the Israeli military says are dead.