Jerusalem (CNN) – The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement, published on Thursday a video clip of Israeli hostage Yarden Bibas, father of Kfir (10 months) and Ariel (4 years), blaming the Israeli Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahu killed his wife and two children in an air strike.
CNN was not able to verify the validity of the claim of the killing of the wife and two children, nor the claim of the air strike, and will not broadcast the video of the hostage, nor does CNN know anything about the location where it was filmed.
The Al-Qassam Brigades claimed on Wednesday, without providing evidence, that Kfir, his brother Ariel, and their mother, Sheri, were killed in an Israeli air strike.
On Thursday, the Israeli army described the video as “cruel” and said that it had not yet confirmed their deaths. He added: “The Hamas terrorist organization presents harsh and difficult footage of Yarden Bibas. Our hearts go out to him and to the entire Bibas family.”
On Thursday, Israeli army spokesman Admiral Daniel Hagari described the video by saying: “This is an act of psychological terrorism used by Hamas against the families of the hostages… with the aim of exerting pressure and harming and damaging our ability to withstand. Hamas’ claims regarding the Bibas family have not yet been confirmed.” .
In the video, Yarden speaks directly to the camera and appears distraught, with a picture of his wife and children placed by Hamas in the upper right of the video. Bibas spoke in Hebrew, possibly under duress, and appealed to the Israeli government to bring him and the rest of his family back home so they could be buried in Israel.
Bibas has been detained since October 7, separated from his family.
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2023-11-30 21:07:57
