Hamas revealed Monday that Israeli hostages Yossi Sharabi and Itai Svirsky had been killed in captivity, while Noa Argamani was alive.
The grim update was given in the terror group’s latest propaganda video featuring Argamani, 26, reporting on the deaths of the two men.
Argamani – who was previously caught on video being kidnapped from the Nova music party on Oct 7. shouting, “Don’t kill me!” from the back of a motorcycle — said in a new recording that he was held in a building with two of his hostages by the military wing of Hamas when the site was hit by Israeli airstrikes.
“It was bombed by IDF airstrikes, F16 fighter jets,” Argamni said in the video, which lasts 2 minutes 33 seconds. “Three rockets were fired. Two of the rockets exploded, and the other did not.
“We were inside the building with Al Qassam soldiers and three hostages: Myself, Noa Argamani, Itai Svirsky, and Yossef Sharabi,” he added.
Hamas revealed in a video that Israeli hostages Yossi Sharabi and Itai Svirsky had been killed, while Noa Argamani was alive. Argamani reported on the death of the two men in a propaganda video from Hamas.
“After the building we were in was hit, we were all buried under the rubble. Al Qassam soldiers saved my life, and Itai’s. Unfortunately, we could not save Yossi,” said Argamani.
“After a few days… two nights, Itai and I were transferred to another place. While we were being transported, Itai was hit by an IDF airstrike. He didn’t survive.”
As in previous propaganda videos featuring hostages under pressure, Argamani condemned Israel’s bombing of Gaza and blamed the Israel Defense Forces.
Argamani, Sharabi and Svirsky are seen alive in an undated propaganda video released on Sunday.
“They died because of our own IDF airstrikes,” he said. “Stop this madness and take us home to our families. While we are still alive, take us home.”
Argamani, Sharabi and Svirsky were seen alive in an undated video released by Hamas on Sunday – the first footage of them to appear since they were abducted during the Palestinian terror group’s brutal October 7 attack on Israel.
The trio were filmed urging Israeli officials to do anything to free them, with the 37-second clip warning that the fate of the hostages would be revealed on Monday.
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Hamas later teased in a follow-up video that the three hostages could be killed, injured or rescued.
The new propaganda video emerged just hours after Hamas claimed it had lost contact with “many” of its hostages following Israeli bombardment of Gaza, with the terror group suggesting they may have been killed.
Argamani became a victim of the hostage crisis as he was taken away during the slaughter.
The sobbing hostage was pictured trying to contact her boyfriend, Avinatan Or, who was being held by the terrorists before they also abducted him.
Argamani was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7. 2023.
Argamani’s case attracted international attention after Netanyahu revealed last month that he contacted Beijing for help on behalf of the hostage’s mother, Liora, who is a Chinese national.
Liora, a terminal brain cancer patient, has appealed to Israel and China to help reunite her family before she succumbs to her disease.
“I am terminally ill with stage 4 brain cancer,” Liora wrote in a letter sent to President Joe Biden that brought CNN anchor John Oz to tears on air as he read it.
“What crossed my mind before I parted from my family forever was the chance to hug my daughter, my only child, for the last time,” he added.
Sharabi was abducted along with her 13-year-old son Oren and brother Eli, 51, when their home in Kibbutz Be’eri was attacked by Hamas during the Sukkot holiday Oct. 7. Oren was released in a previous hostage exchange, while Eli remains in captivity.
Eli’s wife and two teenage daughters were confirmed to be among the dead on the kibbutz, along with their dog, after their home was set on fire, the Times of Israel reported.
Svirsky from Tel Aviv was also in Be’eri visiting his parents when he was kidnapped by Hamas, with the bodies of his mother and father found days later.
Svirsky was with his parents, who were divorced but lived as neighbors, during the holidays when Hamas attacked.
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