Hamas Releases Propaganda Video Of Nadav Popplewell From Kibbutz Nirim - VINnews

Source: vinnews.com
Author: Yehuda Dov

JERUSALEM (VINnews) -- In a cruel move designed to pressure the Israeli government into striking a prisoner exchange deal, the Hamas terrorist group released a video of British-Israeli captive Nadav Popplewell and a few hours later claimed that he had died of wounds sustained in an Israeli air strike a month ago.

Popplewell's mother Chana Peri was taken captive with him and released in the November prisoner exchange, and his brother Roi was murdered on Oct. 7th.

Popplewell, who has a bruised eye in the video and is wearing a white T-shirt, identifies himself by name in the 11-second clip and says that he is from Kibbutz Nirim.

This is the first sign of life from 51-year-old Nadav, who was abducted from Kibbutz Nirim on October 7.

Superimposed text in Arabic and Hebrew reads: "Time is running out. Your government is lying."

The video posted on Saturday on the Telegram channel of Hamas's armed wing is the third time in less than a month the group has released footage of captives held in Gaza.

On April 27, Hamas released a video showing two captives alive - Keith Siegel and Omri Miran. Three days earlier it also broadcast another video showing captive Hersh Goldberg-Polin alive.

The videos come amid growing domestic pressure on the Israeli government to secure the release of the remaining captives.

Hamas's tactic of releasing videos of captives on a Saturday, when protests take place in Tel Aviv, is apparently an attempt to pressure the Israeli government.

On Saturday, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in Israel released a statement calling on the Israeli government to strike a deal with Hamas in order to secure the release of captives.

"Every sign of life received from the hostages held by Hamas is another cry of distress to the Israeli government and its leaders," the families' group said in its statement.

"We don't have a moment to spare! You must strive to implement a deal that will bring them all back today."

Relatives of the captives also accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not caring about those being held in Gaza and called on Netanyahu to resign.

"If we continue down this path, we will lose not only the hostages but the country itself," Naama Weinberg, a cousin of one of the captives said at a press conference in Tel Aviv on Saturday afternoon.

"There is no victory and can be no victory without the return of the hostages."