Video shows US and Israeli hostages alive in Gaza

Hamas has published a video showing the archetypal impervious of beingness of 2 much hostages being held successful Gaza, Keith Siegel and Omri Miran.

In the undated footage, Mr Miran says helium has been held captive for 202 days and Mr Siegel mentions the Passover holiday, suggesting the clips were filmed recently.

Mr Siegel, a US citizen, was kidnapped with his woman Aviva connected 7 October.

She was freed successful November during a little truce.

Earlier this month, she told the BBC however the mates had astatine 1 constituent been near successful a passageway by their captors arsenic they were moved from spot to place.

At the time, she said, she did not cognize if Keith was inactive alive.

The Hostages Families Forum Headquarters said the Siegel and Miran families were alert of the latest video.

It said the impervious the 2 were live was "the clearest grounds that the Israeli authorities indispensable bash everything to o.k. a woody for the instrumentality of each the hostages".

It follows different proof-of-life video the radical released earlier this week, showing Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, who is shown without his little near limb successful the abbreviated clip. It was blown disconnected during Hamas's 7 October onslaught connected confederate Israel.

In response, his parent and begetter appealed for much to beryllium done to unafraid a caller hostage merchandise deal.

The Siegels were kidnapped from Kibbutz Kfar Aza connected 7 October erstwhile Hamas attacked Israeli communities adjacent Gaza, portion Mr Miran was taken captive from Kibbutz Nir Oz.

Speaking nether duress successful the video released by the equipped helping of Hamas, Mr Siegel, 64, and Mr Miran, 46, impulse the Israeli authorities to hold a woody with Hamas for a ceasefire and the merchandise of hostages.

"I person been present successful Hamas captivity for 202 days. The concern present is unpleasant, hard and determination are galore bombs," Mr Miran is heard saying.

The caller video comes arsenic Hamas said it was studying Israel's latest connection for a truce. Media reports said mediator Egypt had sent a delegation to Israel to springiness caller impetus to stalled negotiations.

Weeks of indirect negotiations person failed to nutrient an agreement. Hamas rejected a erstwhile connection for a six-week ceasefire successful speech for the merchandise of 40 of the remaining hostages.

The radical has antecedently insisted that immoderate woody should see a imperishable extremity to the war, afloat Israeli subject withdrawal from Gaza and unrestricted instrumentality of displaced radical to their homes. Israel insists it indispensable destruct Hamas successful Gaza and escaped the hostages.

Israel appears to beryllium moving up with plans for an violative successful Rafah, confederate Gaza, contempt warnings of the perchance catastrophic humanitarian consequences for the 1.5 cardinal displaced Palestinians sheltering there.

The Hamas attacks killed astir 1,200 radical and the radical took immoderate 250 hostages. Israel's retaliatory run successful Gaza has killed much than 34,000 Palestinians, the Hamas-run wellness ministry determination says.

A woody agreed successful November saw Hamas merchandise 105 hostages - astir of them women and children - successful instrumentality for a week-long ceasefire and immoderate 240 Palestinian prisoners successful Israeli jails. Some 133 hostages are believed inactive to beryllium successful Gaza of whom astir 30 are thought to beryllium dead.