Hamas released more sickening videos Monday featuring the faces of three Israeli hostages — and asked viewers for their opinion on whether the terror group should kill them.
The twisted “game” came hours before Palestinian terror groups released footage that forced one of the captives, Noa Argamani, to reveal two other hostages had been killed.
In his first recording Monday, Hamas asked the audience, “What do you think?” about whether the three hostages should live or die.
The slickly produced 34-second clip opens with a dangling question mark on a blood-red background, then a picture of the three hostages.
It then offered three options for the innocent victims written in Arabic, Hebrew and English: all three were killed; “some killed, some wounded,” or all three “still alive.
“Tonight we will tell you about their fate,” another caption read as ominous music played.
The terrorist group kept its promise to reveal the fate of the captives.
In a second gruesome propaganda video on Monday, the terrorist group released footage that appeared to show the lifeless bodies of two male hostages, Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itai Svirsky, 38 – with Argamani, 26, forced to say to the camera that they were killed by ” our own IDF attacks.”
The terrorists asked for feedback on whether they should kill the hostages. One option is to kill all three. They also suggested that some could be killed, and others injured. Finally, they question whether all should be saved.
Armani, a university student, became the face of the hostage crisis when a video showed him shouting, “Don’t kill me!” when he was kicked out of the Nova music festival on the back of a motorcycle during the Hamas massacre in Israel on Oct. 7.
The latest video of the violence, which clocks in at just over 2 minutes, 33 seconds, includes Argamani saying he and his fellow captives were inside a building bombed by Israeli F-16 jets, killing Sharabi.
He claimed “Al Qassam soldiers” rescued him and Svirsky but the 38-year-old hostage was killed two nights later in another IDF attack.
“They died because of our own IDF airstrikes,” Argamani said of the men. “Stop this madness and take us home to our families. While we are still alive, take us home.”
Negotiations to secure the release of Israeli hostages are progressing more than 100 days after Israel’s war with Hamas. AFP via Getty Images
IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari on Monday denied that an Israeli airstrike killed the two men, characterizing the propaganda video as a “lie” by Hamas, the Times of Israel reported.
“Itay was not killed by our forces. This is a lie by Hamas,” said Hagari. “The building where they are being held is not a target and was not attacked by our forces.”
But Hagari said the IDF carried out a strike near the area where the hostages were being held, admitting that it might endanger their lives.
Hamas began a painful guessing game about the trio Sunday with an undated video showing them for the first time since their Oct. 7 abduction.
The Israeli military said about 132 to 136 hostages remained in Hamas captivity. RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Qatari mediators have struck a deal to send medicine to the Israeli hostages, including blood pressure and heart medication. Reuters
The 37-second clip includes Argamani, Sharabi and Svirsky pleading with Israel to stop its attack on Gaza – ending with the ominous message: “Tomorrow we will tell you about their fate.”
In response to the video, Israel’s defense minister accused Hamas of “psychological abuse.”
The video comes as talks to secure the release of all of the more than 130 Israeli hostages inch forward, sources told the Guardian.
At least, “both [Hamas and Israel] has indicated a willingness to allow the delivery of the medicine” to the people of Gaza and to the hostages, a diplomat said. “Discussions are ongoing with both sides and with international NGOs…. to allow the delivery of medicines to Israeli hostages and Palestinian civilians in Gaza as soon as possible.”
Israel and Hamas have submitted proposals for an overall agreement on the release of the hostages, but a large gap between the two sides remains, sources said.
Hamas has demanded that Israel cease its attacks on Gaza as a condition for the release of the hostages. RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Negotiations resumed last week, after Hamas left the negotiating table for several days following the assassination of senior Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut.
Hamas has refused to release the hostages unless Israeli forces halt their ground offensive, which has turned much of Gaza into a wasteland – while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israel at the weekend that the war would continue until “total victory.”
Although no progress has been made on the release of the captives, a recent deal brokered by Qatar has paved the way for the delivery of drugs, including prescription drugs, to the hostages, officials said.
The medicine will be bought by a Qatari intermediary and sent to Egypt, where it will be handed over to Gazan health officials for delivery to more than 40 hostages in the Gaza Strip, according to a CNN report.
Qatar is said to be awaiting the arrival of some medical supplies from an unnamed country.
The list of medicines was compiled by the hostage doctor himself. It includes “life-saving” drugs, such as blood pressure and heart drugs, as well as asthma inhalers.
Pro-Israeli supporters wave Israeli and pre-revolutionary Iranian flags as they gather for a demonstration in Trafalgar Square in central London. AFP via Getty Images
Under the agreement, Israel will allow more humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza, including medical aid.
Relatives of hostages last week demanded visual proof that their loved ones, among them chronically ill, received the drug.
“The shocking image of hostages in captivity calls for increased pressure on the countries involved in the negotiations to lead to their immediate release, and not stop at the transfer of drugs,” they said in a statement.
Netanyahu’s office on Friday confirmed the deal was completed with the help of Qatari mediators.
Of the roughly 240 Israelis initially abducted by Hamas terrorists, about half were released as part of the November ceasefire. Israel says between 132 and 136 remain in Gaza.
With Postal wire
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