Newly launched video exhibits 3 hostages, together with Israeli-American, being taken captive on Oct. 7

The households of three males taken hostage by Hamas, together with a well known Israeli-American, have approved the discharge of a video documenting the kidnapping close to the Israel-Gaza border on Oct. 7.

Convey Them Residence Now, a bunch that represents the hostages’ households, shared the video on social media Monday after the Israeli military declassified it. 

Within the video, which is graphic and exhausting to observe, Palestinian militants are seen carting three hostages, together with Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, at the back of a white pickup truck that speeds by southern Israel again towards Gaza. Goldberg-Polin sits bloodied, his forearm a mangled stump. Hamas has since launched a video of him in captivity with a part of his left arm amputated.

Goldberg-Polin and the 2 different hostages within the video — Eliya Cohen, 26, and Or Levy, 33 — have been on the Tribe of Nova music competition when Hamas launched its assault. All three males are nonetheless believed to be held by Hamas.

In an announcement posted alongside the footage, Convey Them Residence Now known as for an settlement between Israel and Hamas that will enable hostages who’re nonetheless alive to return house and permit these killed to have a correct burial. The assertion echoed pleas from households of the hostages for the Israeli authorities to achieve a cease-fire deal with the Palestinian group, as negotiations for a pause in Israel’s offensive within the Gaza Strip and the phrases of the hostages’ launch proceed to stall.

A lot of the footage was taken by militants who stormed out of Gaza in an assault that killed roughly 1,200 folks and took about 250 others hostage. The video begins with obvious safety digital camera footage displaying Palestinian militants, some in inexperienced military fatigues, approaching a shelter.

One militant shoots 4 instances into the shelter’s door as smoke wafts out. The video cuts to a clip filmed by a militant of Goldberg-Polin and one other hostage being pushed into the mattress of a truck. Some photographs are blurred to censor what the hostage households group mentioned is particularly delicate materials.

Within the video, the militant holding the digital camera celebrates the seize and thanks and praises God. “Listed here are the canines,” he says, scanning to point out the hostages.

One other militant pulls Goldberg-Polin’s hair, and the individual holding the digital camera says, “I need to take a selfie with you.”

Goldberg-Polin is seen with a tourniquet tied round his arm. Witnesses have mentioned he was wounded when attackers tossed grenades into the shelter the place folks had taken refuge. His mom, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, informed The Related Press on Monday that, “262 days in, lots of people are eager about these hostages as simply this clump of individuals, not people. And we personally really feel that is our son.” 

Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Hersh’s mom, has been a vocal advocate for resolving the hostage state of affairs since her son was taken on Oct. 7. She spoke to CBS Information in April after Hersh appeared for the primary time in a video launched by Hamas, saying on the time that she had not heard his voice in six months.

“He is clearly medically compromised and medically fragile,” she mentioned.

Within the video launched Monday, Levy is seen mendacity at the back of the truck with Goldberg-Polin and Cohen. Levy attended the Nova competition together with his spouse Einav, who was killed by militants, in response to the hostage households group. Levy’s older brother, Michael Levy, mentioned watching the brand new video was “horrific.”

“On probably the most horrific day of his life, I wasn’t capable of do something,” Levy mentioned. “I’ve by no means seen him so terrified in my life.”

Cohen went to the competition together with his girlfriend, who survived the assault beneath our bodies within the shelter. Within the video, a militant kneels on Cohen’s bloody face, urgent it into the truck mattress.