They made an emotional plea to the Israeli Prime Minister to secure their freedom.
The hostage video is only the second released by Hamas since more than 200 people were taken into Gaza. It appears to be intended to undermine Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with pointed criticism over his leadership by the detained women.
She makes reference to a press conference by families of the hostages "yesterday," suggesting it was filmed on Monday. The woman speaks fluently and does not appear to be reading from a script, but because the women are hostages, the statement could have been made under duress. The women do not show visible signs of physical mistreatment, but CNN is unable to verify anything about their circumstances or wellbeing.
"We are devastated to share that the body of 23 year old German-Israeli Shani was found and identified," the ministry posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday.German woman Shani Louk who was kidnapped by Hamas has been found dead. Israeli officials said.
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