00:00In a
00:25harrowing video released by the IDF on Monday, three Israeli hostages, Hersh Kohlberg-Colin,
00:3123, Elia Cohen, 26, and Old Levi, 33, are seen crammed in the back of a pickup truck,
00:40smeared with blood, and being transported by jubilant Palestinian capitals.
00:45The footage, approved for publication by the hostages' families, aims to push Prime Minister
00:50Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate a hostage deal with Hamas.
00:54The hostages were abducted on October 7 during the Hamas-led assault at the Nova Music Festival
00:59in southern Israel.
01:01The festival turned into a massacre, with Levi's wife among those killed, Cohen's
01:06girlfriend survived by hiding under a pile of bodies, Kohlberg-Colin, visibly injured
01:10in the video, had lost part of his left arm.
01:14The video shifts between the wounded hostages and their cheering capitals, as the truck
01:19speeds along a narrow road.
01:24The Israel-Hamas war, which began on October 7, saw Hamas militants cross into Israel,
01:29killing approximately 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostages.
01:33In retaliation, the Israeli offensive has resulted in nearly 37,600 Palestinian deaths,
01:39according to Palestinian health authorities, leaving Gaza devastated.
01:43Efforts to reach a ceasefire and secure the release of the approximately 120 remaining
01:48hostages have been unsuccessful.
01:50In April, Hamas released a video showing Kohlberg-Colin speaking from captivity.
01:56President Isaac Herzog shared the video on his social media, emphasising the unbelievable
02:01courage of the hostages and the face of evil of the Hamas terrorists.
02:05He urged global action to demand the release of the abductees.
02:09Netanyahu echoed this sentiment, stating,
02:11The shocking video of the abduction of Hirsch Oren Elia tears all our hearts and emphasises
02:18once again the cruelty of the enemy we swore to eliminate.
02:22We will not stop the war until we return all 120 of our loved ones home.
02:27Out of the 251 hostages taken on October 7, 116 are still believed to be held in Gaza.
02:33Hamas has also been holding two Israelis who entered Gaza a decade ago and the bodies of
02:38two Israeli soldiers.
02:40Following the video's release, around 200 people demonstrated in Jerusalem in support
02:43of Kohlberg-Colin, a dual Israeli-US citizen.
02:47The protests, which included Colin's younger sister, moved from the US consulate to Paris
02:51Square, near the Prime Minister's official residence.
02:54Police declared the rally illegal, set up barriers and eventually dispersed the demonstration.
02:59The families of the hostages, along with the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, continue
03:04to press for urgent government action to secure the safe return of their loved ones.
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