Watan-The Al-Qassam Brigades released a new video on Monday featuring Israeli captives appealing to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “stop this madness,” referring to the aggression on Gaza and the war, and pleading for their return to their families alive.
The captives in the video expressed their fears of being killed by “friendly” fire, referring to the Israeli attacks. Later, they were all killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, except for one survivor, Nuala Argaman, a 26-year-old resident of occupied Beersheba.
New video of Israeli captives with the Qassam Brigades
In the video, 38-year-old Tyis Frisky, who resided in Tel Aviv, appeared and said before being killed that he felt abandoned twice, once when the Israeli army did not protect them in Be’er Sheva.
The second time was when they were not returned home, and Frisky addressed Netanyahu, saying, “Please stop the war and bring us back home.”
He continued, “We are in difficult conditions, there is no food, no water, and there is a constant danger wherever we are.”
The sole survivor of an Israeli airstrike, Nuala Argaman, stated, “There is no water, no food, all means are running out for us.” She praised the treatment of the Al-Qassam Brigades, saying, “All soldiers deal with us well; they care for us as much as possible, although there are not many resources.”
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Yossi Sharabi, 53 years old before his death, said that their situation as captives becomes more difficult and dangerous with the continuation of the war, urging the war to stop.
How were they targeted?
Nuala Argaman, in an additional video testimony, revealed that they were in a building targeted by an Israeli army plane. She explained that it was an F-16 aircraft that launched three missiles, two of which exploded, and one did not.
She recounted being in the same building with several Al-Qassam Brigade soldiers and three captives – Nuala Argaman, Tyis Frisky, and Yossi Sharabi. After the missile hit the building, they were all buried under the rubble. Al-Qassam Brigade soldiers managed to rescue her, Tyis, but they couldn’t save Yossi.
We were all buried under the rubble
After several days, Nuala and Tyis were transferred to another location. During the transfer, Tyis was hit by fire from their own forces and did not survive.
Nuala Argaman remained injured with shrapnel in her head and other parts of her body. Tyis Frisky and Yossi Sharabi died from the fire of the Israeli army.
Argaman appealed to the Israeli occupation government, saying, “Stop this madness and bring us back to our families while we are still alive. Bring us back to our homes.” The video showed scenes of the bodies of several Israeli captives of the Al-Qassam Brigades who were killed by the Israeli forces.