Martyr Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, published a new video footage titled "We tried to keep them alive but Netanyahu insisted on killing them," referring to the Israeli occupation’s killing of three Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip.

The video depicted three Israeli captives: Elia Tolidano, Nick Beezer, and Ron Sherman, who were being held inside a room in a tunnel.

Al-Qassam addressed Israeli settlers saying that these three captives "were killed by your army’s weapons," referring to the indiscriminate bombardment that the Israeli occupation forces have been carrying out across the Gaza Strip.

#شاهد | رغم حرصنا على الحفاظ على حياتهم.. لا زال نتنياهو يصرّ على قتلهم!#غزة #فلسطين #كتائب_القسام #طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/xtFhSlHCuH

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) December 21, 2023

You want to receive us as corpses: Israeli captives to war cabinet

A day earlier, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's (PIJ) al-Quds Brigades released a video of two Israelis it holds captive, who demanded that their government work toward reaching a ceasefire and a prisoner exchange deal.

The first captive, Elad Katzir, demanded that Israelis pressure their government to make sure that Israeli captives return to their settlements. He also addressed the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the members of the war cabinet, including Yoav Gallant, Benny Gantz, and Herzi Halevi.

In his address, Katzir stressed that Israeli captives were under the eminent threat of dying due to the dangerous conditions created by Israeli occupation forces.

"The situation is unbearable," the captive said, "There is a risk that we will die because there are no guarantees that the Israeli army will not bomb us."

In fact, up to 60 Israeli captives have been killed since the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip commenced, some by airstrikes while others were killed by the gunfire of Israeli special forces. 

"We are in danger... [an Israeli bomb] might be dropped on us... we feel like you do not want to bring us back alive," the captive said.

رسالة الأسرى الصهاينة لقادتهم.. "أنتم تريدون استقبالنا جثث"#الميادين #فلسطين #غزة pic.twitter.com/8CkXscNTFJ

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) December 19, 2023

He also accused the Israeli war cabinet of attempting to kill as many captives as possible to reduce the leverage that the Palestinian Resistance has in mediated negotiations regarding a prisoner exchange deal.

The other captive, Gadi Mozes, said Israeli captives constantly fear that Israeli military missiles threaten their lives.

He demanded that Netanyahu and other Israeli decision-makers do everything possible to reach a ceasefire and a prisoner exchange deal.

"We do not want to die in Gaza... Our lives are in grave danger."

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