TEL AVIV, December 19. /TASS/. The radical Palestinian movement Hamas has released a video of three elderly Israeli men held hostage in the Gaza Strip talking about their problems. The Jerusalem Post reported.
Thus, 79-year-old Chaim Peri, 80-year-old Yoram Metzger and 85-year-old Amiram Cooper said they were "suffering in very difficult conditions" and had health problems. "You have to free us from here," said Peri, a resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz, which was one of the southern border towns attacked by Hamas on October 7. Metzger and Cooper from the same kibbutz were captured by terrorists along with their wives, who subsequently returned to Israel during the ceasefire.
According to The Times of Israel, the head of Israel's Mossad intelligence service, David Barnea, held talks over the weekend with Qatari officials, who act as mediators in contacts between the Jewish state's authorities and Hamas, about a new draft agreement. To return more hostages from the Gaza Strip. The deals include the release of elderly men and civilians in exchange for senior Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
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