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On Monday, Hamas released video footage of three of the Israeli hostages kidnapped on October 7th.

One of the three women in the video speaks emotionally to criticize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

and to plead for a ceasefire.

It's not clear if she had been told to send that message.

The video prompted family members of the almost 240 hostages, including infants, children and the elderly,

to urge the Israeli military to bring their loved ones home.

We ask the Prime Minister and Defense Minister to leave no stone unturned until the world knows

what they are doing to our children, our families and all of the hostages, one mother said.

These are crimes against humanity, against women, children and the elderly.

These acts are unforgivable.

The next day, Tuesday, a series of Israeli air strikes bombed the densely packed Jambalya refugee camp in northern Gaza.

The Israeli Defense Force says it was targeting Ibrahim Biari, one senior Hamas commander said to be responsible for the October 7th attack.

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