Gaza - Saba:
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), released a video on Saturday featuring two Israeli captives, one of whom appeared to be in severe condition, lying on a bed.
The captive, who identified himself as "Prisoner No. 21," spoke while seated next to another sick captive lying on the bed, saying: "This is Prisoner No. 22... I don’t want to talk about myself, I want to talk about him because his physical and psychological condition is very difficult."
Addressing Israeli society, he said: "There are still many living captives. If you want to know how many, simply ask Sara Netanyahu—apparently, she knows what you don’t."
He then directed his words to Sara Netanyahu: "You, Sara, just tell us—what is the number you want so we can return to our houses? How many more have to die?"
He added, "Since we heard that this war has been going on for many months, we realized how much this endangers our lives... Since then (pointing to his fellow captive), he hasn’t stopped harming himself. Since then, we’ve lost our world and lost hope."
The captive mentioned that his fellow prisoner had attempted suicide, saying: "A few days ago, my colleague tried to harm himself, but I and a Qassam fighter intervened to help him and stopped him. As a result, he also tried to harm us."
He continued, "Our lives have become critical. Every minute here is critical."
The Israeli captive further stated: "We can’t sleep. Prisoner No. 22 refuses to eat or drink. We barely have any food in this horrific reality."
He also addressed the pilots who signed petitions calling for a ceasefire, saying: "I am very proud of you because you decided not to fly, and that poses a serious threat to our lives."
Then he added: "But to those pilots who chose to keep flying and bombing us and civilians—what will you say to your families and to ours?"
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