Hamas has released a propaganda Saturday video featuring an Israeli hostage, Matan Zangauker, speaking to the camera.
The video was similar to the one released last week featuring American Israeli hostage Edan Alexander.
In this April 18, 2024, file photo, a woman holds a sign identifying Matan Zangauker (24), one of the hostages taken captive by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip during the October 7 attacks, during a demonstration by hostages’ relatives and supporters outside the Kirya base which houses the Israeli defence ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv.
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Zangauker, was taken captive from Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, 2023, along with his partner Ilana Gritzewsky Camhi, according to the advocacy group Hostage Families Forum. Camhi was released last year as part of a hostage deal, Hostage Families Forum said.
“The release of Matan’s video, coming just one week after Edan Alexander’s, provides further evidence that after more than 420 days in captivity, there are hostages still alive and enduring severe suffering. Through these 420 days of ongoing abuse, malnutrition, and confinement in darkness, the critical need to secure the return of all 100 remaining hostages becomes more urgent with each passing hour,” the group said in a statement.
Einav Zangauker, the mother of Matan Zangauer, an Israeli hostage taken by Palestinian militants in the October 7 attack, takes part in a demonstration with friends and supporters calling for his release and that of other hostages in Tel Aviv, on Dec. 7, 2024.
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Zangauker’s mother, Einav, echoed this request in a statement.
“Any deal that does not return everyone is a death sentence for the rest. Netanyahu: End the war, bring everyone back!!!” she said.
-ABC News’ Savir Zyara and Victoria Beaulé
