A snap shot of The armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a video of unidentified injured captive. Photo courtesy of Al-Jazeera
In the undated four-minute video, which AFP has not been able to verify, the captive, wearing bandages on his head and left arm and identifying himself only as "Prisoner 24", spoke in Hebrew with a Russian accent, implying he had been wounded in a recent Israeli bombardment.
The man, shown lying on the ground, also referred to Israel's Independence Day celebrations on Thursday as upcoming, suggesting that the video was filmed shortly beforehand.
He gave a similar message to other captives shown in videos released by the militant group, urging pressure on the Israeli government to free those still held in Gaza.
Militants in the territory still hold 58 captives seized in Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel. The army says 34 of them are dead. Hamas is also holding the remains of an Israeli soldier killed in a previous war in Gaza in 2014.
A truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas came into force on January 19, largely halting more than 15 months of fighting.
The initial phase of the truce collapsed after Israel violated the ceasefire and resumed its genocidal assault on Gaza on 18 March, having earlier blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid.
Since the end of the truce, Hamas has released several videos of captives. The latest images come as efforts by mediators to broker a new truce have stalled.
*This story was edited by Ahram Online
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