Hamas shows video of three elderly Israeli hostages
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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One of the Israeli hostages is seen addressing the camera and calling for their release. Also: Ukraine cuts military operations as aid dries up, and the Warhammer game is to be made into a film and TV show.
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| 0:28.7 | I'm Janet Joliele and in the early hours of Tuesday the 19 19th of December, these are our main stories. |
| 0:34.8 | Hamas releases a video of three elderly male hostages being held in Gaza, a move denounced by Israel. |
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| 1:19.6 | Hamas has released a video of three elderly men being held hostage in Gaza. |
| 1:25.0 | Two of them are in their 80s and one is 79. |
| 1:29.0 | One of them speaks to the camera about how they're suffering greatly in very harsh conditions. |
| 1:35.8 | He calls for their release saying we don't want to be casualties of an air strike. |
| 1:41.3 | Israel has previously condemned such videos as psychological warfare. |
| 1:46.0 | Daniel Hagari, a spokesman for the Israeli army, was quick to denounce this latest one. The video that Hamas released in the past hours is a criminal terror video. |
| 2:00.8 | It testifies to Hamas's cruelty towards innocent, very elderly civilians who are in need of medical care. |
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