Gaza:
Attacks on Hamas of Israel are going on. Meanwhile, Hamas’s military branch Al-Kassam Brigade has released a video of Israeli-American mortgage Aden Alexander, which has been held hostage in Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023. In the video released on Saturday, Aidan is seen physically and mentally disturbed. He said, “Why am I here, why not at home with my family and friends?”
According to the report of the news agency Xinhua, Aidan was born in Tel Aviv in Israel and grew up in New Jersey, USA. After passing high school in the year 2022, he returned to Israel to join the army. On October 7, 2023, Palestinian militants abducted him during an attack on Southern Israel.
In the video released by Hamas, Aidan told his troubles and expressed concern about his safety among the Israeli military actions going on in Gaza. He also accused the Israeli government of not ensuring their release. After the video was released, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that he spoke to the family of Aidan Alexander and assured that intensive efforts were on for the release of all the hostages.
Let us know that the first ceasefire of six weeks between Israel and Hamas ended on March 1 and the second phase of talks have stopped. 59 out of 251 people held hostage during the October 7, 2023 attack are still imprisoned in Gaza. Israel believes that 24 of them are alive.
On March 14, Hamas said that he had agreed to release the bodies of Aden and four other hostages to the mediators. The Israeli army has resumed air strikes in Gaza from 18 March. Gaza health officials said on Saturday that 1,563 Palestinians have been killed and 4,004 have been injured in these attacks so far.