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| In Hamas propaganda video, hostage Yosef-Haim Ohana says Elkana Bohbot has stopped eating, drinking |
| 2025-05-11 |
| [IsraelTimes] The families of hostages Elkana Bohbot and Yosef-Haim Ohana grant media outlets permission to air a video of the two men that was published by Hamas earlier this evening. In the video, Ohana sits on the ground next to Bohbot, who lies under a blanket and appears as though he is asleep. “I am prisoner number 21. This is prisoner number 22,” says Ohana, gesturing to Bohbot, whom he says he will talk about. The video is almost certainly dictated by their captors. Absolutely, not almost. Let us remember that the legal and moral responsibility for the health and welfare of the hostages is on the shoulders of Hamas and the immediate captors. Israel has given them endless opportunities to release the kidnapped, but they have refused. “His medical and psychological conditions are very difficult,” says Ohana of his companion. “Ever since we heard that the war had been going on for months, we realized how dangerous it was to our lives.“Since then, he has not stopped trying to harm himself,” he says. “Since then, we have lost our world and our hope. A few days ago, he tried to hurt himself, and I, along with a Qassam fighter, jumped on him to try and stop him, and as a result, he tried to hurt us too.” “How did things get to this point?” asks Ohana. “Our lives are in imminent danger, every minute here is critical!” “We can’t even sleep. Prisoner 22 is refusing to eat or drink. He cannot do anything except daydream and think about his son Reim and his wife Rivka. He cannot do anything. He cannot function.” “What are you waiting for? What will happen if I can’t stay with him and I leave him alone? I can’t even imagine that,” says Ohana. He says that he has also decided to stop eating, “because my friend’s fate is my fate, and our fate is in your hands.” He then turns his attention to the Israeli Air Force, asking the pilots how they can continue to carry out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip when they know it could endanger the hostages and Palestinian civilians. “What do you tell your families? What do you tell our families?” he demands. “How is this war still going? How has this war not ended?” Ohana says. “What needs to happen that hasn’t happened yet? What needs to be done that hasn’t been done?” An entire country wants this nightmare to end — from now on, every drop of blood spilled, every additional deterioration that you see with your own eyes — is on your hands. It is only in the hands of the decision makers.” Enough! The time has come to stop! Time is running out,” he ends his plea. The video concludes with an animation of a clock with spinning hands, and the words “Only a ceasefire agreement brings them back alive” superimposed on top in Arabic, Hebrew, and English. Vicious asses. |
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