'Don't Let Us Grow Old Here'! Israeli hostage pleads to Netanyahu

Published December 19th, 2023 - 05:53 GMT
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Video of Israeli hostages released by Hamas military group. (Al-Qassam Brigades)

ALBAWABA - Hamas military wing, Al-Qassam Brigades posted a new video of elderly Israeli hostages sending a message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; "Don't Let Us Grow Old Here".

The message appears at the beginning in three different languages; Arabic, Hebrew and English. 

At the beginning of the video, a 78-year-old Israeli hostage named Haeim Bery called for a ceasefire and exchange of hostages adding that he was one of the first people who were part of creating the Israeli army. 

Bery, from the Nair Ouz kibbutz occupation settlement, said he is here with other old people, who all suffer "chronic illnesses" and suffer harsh circumstances.

Israeli hostage continued to say: "We are the generation who built the foundation for the creation of Israel."

The elderly Israeli maintained: "We were the ones who started the IDF army."

In the clip, the Israeli elderly expressed his shock at being abandoned by the Israeli government following the halt of the ceasefire deal agreed with Hamas in November in which Al-Qassam Brigades released hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinians in Israeli jails.

Furthermore, Haeim Bery then said: "We don't want to be casualties as a direct result of the IDF military airstrikes." "Release us with no conditions."

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