Two Israeli hostages appear to be alive after nearly two years of war, a newly released video from Hamas shows. Hamas posted the video of the hostages taken during their attack on a music festival in Israel in October 2023.

Two hostages shown in video

Depicted are Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Alon Ohel, who are among the 48 remaining hostages reportedly being held in Gaza. That number has fallen from more than 250 since Hamas launched its attack on Israel, which sparked the ongoing conflict.

The video, posted Friday, shows Gilboa-Dalal sitting in different locations, including inside a car, saying he believes Hamas is not responsible for holding them captive, but that their own government shares responsibility.

Gilboa-Dalal confirmed that he has been in Gaza. The video, filmed last week, also shows damaged buildings in the background as they drive through the city.

In the more than three-minute recording, Gillboa-Dalal expressed fear about the Israeli offensive. “I am terrified of the Israeli army attacking Gaza City. This means we will die here,” he said.

Gilboa-Dalal said in the video that the date was Aug. 24, days after Israel’s Channel 12 reported that Hamas military spokesperson Abu Obeida intended to leverage hostages to block the IDF’s offensive into Gaza City. Obeida was killed in an Israeli airstrike over the weekend of Aug. 30.

Israel launched an offensive in Gaza City on Aug. 10, aiming at what officials describe as Hamas’ final stronghold in the area. By Sept. 4, military officials said Israeli forces controlled roughly two-fifths of the city, which had been home to about 1 million people before the fighting began.

Criticism of Israeli leaders

Gilboa-Dalal also criticized Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for not prioritizing the wellbeing of hostages and Israeli soldiers. Throughout the conflict, Netanyahu has said the war will not end until Hamas is fully dismantled and all hostages are returned.

Defense Minister Israel Katz shared a video on X Friday showing an Israeli missile strike leveling a building. The Mushtaha Tower was reportedly used by Hamas for military and surveillance operations.

Earlier, Katz wrote on social media that Israeli military operations will intensify unless Hamas meets the conditions set to end the war. “The bolt is now being removed from the gates of Hell in Gaza,” he posted on X.

Hamas indicated it would consider a plan presented in July to release some hostages in return for a temporary halt to fighting.

Humanitarian crisis deepens

The military operations in Gaza City have sparked protests from families of hostages, world leaders and the broader community. Many point to the number of Palestinians already killed since the war began, with the Gaza Health Ministry reporting Thursday there have been more than 64,000 deaths. A study released on July 30 by an Israeli think tank claims those figures have been manipulated for political purposes.

In a statement to The Jerusalem Post, the Hostages’ Families Headquarters warned that the ongoing Gaza operation could put hostages in grave danger. “This action poses an immediate and direct danger to our loved ones who have been languishing in Hamas’s tunnels for 700 days. Sadly, we have not heard of any way to protect them,” the statement reads in part.

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Beyond the rising death toll, observers highlight the severe famine gripping Gaza. The World Health Organization said a report in August that over half a million residents are facing extreme food shortages, widespread starvation and preventable deaths.

Palestinian detentions in Israel

By the close of December 2024, nearly 10,000 Palestinians were in Israeli custody for what the Israel Prison Service said were security reasons. More than 2,200 come from the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights. Authorities were also holding roughly 1,700 Palestinians for being in Israel without authorization, including three from Gaza.

Hamas releases video of two Israeli hostages held in Gaza

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Supplied Guy Gilboa-Dalal is seen in the video shared by Hamas, claiming to be in Gaza City

Hamas has released a video showing two Israeli hostages seized from a music festival during its cross-border attack in October 2023. The video claims to show Guy Gilboa-Dalal in Gaza City in late August, where he says he and eight others are being held and will remain despite Israel’s planned ground offensive. It also shows captive Alon Ohel. Earlier videos of hostages released by their captors in Gaza have been condemned by world leaders and families as propaganda. Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir called for the full occupation of Gaza in response, claiming this was the only way to “bring back the hostages in security”.

The video shows Mr Gilboa-Dalal, who was seized from the Nova festival in southern Israel, pleading for his release. In footage dated 28 August, he is filmed in a car in what he says is Gaza City. The footage also shows Mr Ohel for the first time since he was abducted in the attack 700 days ago. Mr Gilboa-Dalal was previously seen in a Hamas video in February. They are two of the 48 hostages still being held by Hamas, 20 of whom are thought to be alive. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke “at length” with the parents of both men following the video’s release, according to a statement from his office. It said he had reiterated that the war could end immediately should Hamas accept Israel’s conditions, which include the release of all hostages. “No evil propaganda video will weaken us or divert us from our determination to achieve these goals,” the statement said. But a group representing the families of hostages responded by saying anyone who “truly wants to bring back all 48 hostages” had to “immediately” return to the negotiating table. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum wrote on X: “Those who genuinely want the hostages home should advance the agreement that is waiting for the Israeli government’s discussion and response, and leverage it toward a comprehensive deal for the return of all the hostages.” The group held a rally in Tel Aviv’s “hostages square” on Friday, which marked 700 days since October 7 2023, to press the government to restart negotiations.

Hamas said in August that it had accepted a plan from regional mediators Qatar and Egypt which would see 10 living hostages and the bodies of 18 dead hostages released during a 60-day truce, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails. Israel has not responded to the plan, but insists all the hostages must be released in one go. Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Friday that Israeli military activity would “intensify” until Hamas accepted Israel’s conditions to end the war, threatening that the armed group would be “destroyed” otherwise. Opposition leader Yair Lapid urged Israeli negotiators to resume talks on a ceasefire deal to free the hostages.

Getty Images Footage showed a building identified as Gaza City’s Mushtaha Tower collapsing into plumes of grey smoke on Friday

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – O Hamas He released a video on Friday of two Israeli hostages seized at a music festival in Israel in October 2023, and one of them said he was being kept in the city of Gaza, where the Israeli armed forces launched a great offensive to eliminate the militant group.

Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Alon Ohel are two of the 48 people who are still being kept by Hamas In Gaza, and it is believed that 20 are still alive.

Initially, the Hamas He took 251 hostages to the enclave after his transfronical attack on the southern communities of Israel, which, according to Israel, killed 1,200 people, triggering the war. Since then, more than 64,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza’s health authorities, with much of the densely populated enclave in ruins and their residents facing a humanitarian crisis.

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The video was edited and showed Gilboa-Dalal with exhausted appearance talking for about three and a half minutes. He is seen in a car in part of the video dated August 28. Reuters could not determine independently when the video was recorded.

He says he is being kept in the city of Gaza along with several other hostages and is afraid of being killed by Israel’s offensive in the city.

Israel launched his attack on the city of Gaza on August 10, attacking what the government calls the last bastion of Hamas. An Israeli military spokesman said on Thursday that now the country controls about 40% of the city, where about one million people lived before the war.

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Residents of the city said Israel bombed several buildings on Friday. The Ministry of Health of Gaza reported that 30 Palestinians were killed by the military in Gaza, including 20 in the city of Gaza.

Gilboa-Dalal seems to be in the back seat of a car being driven. When the car goes through buildings, it identifies one of them as belonging to the Red Cross. THE Hamas He refused to allow the Red Cross to see the hostages.

At one point, Ohel, 24, is also seen.

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Dictated speech

Gilboa-Dalal was seen in a video in February being forced to see other hostages being released under a temporary ceasefire. Hostages that were filmed in similar videos and since then were released, they said that their captors dictated to them what they should say.

A Human Rights Watch condenou o Hamas and another militant group in Gaza for release hostage videos, calling them inhuman treatment that is equivalent to a war crime. Israeli authorities described the videos as a psychological war.

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Tens of thousands of Israelis have been conducting weekly demonstrations asking for the end of the war to ensure the release of the remaining hostages.

O Hamas He was decimated by the Israeli War in Gaza, with Israeli authorities estimating that at least 20,000 militants were killed. But after almost two years of war, many Israelis doubts that the military can get more in Gaza.

Still, 60,000 reservists were summoned to support the operation and the service of another 20,000 was extended.

Hamas released a sick new propaganda video on Friday of two gaunt-looking hostages being forced to beg Israel to stop bombing Gaza City.

Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Alon Ohel, both now 24, were filmed being driven around the city in footage released almost 700 days after they were abducted from a music festival during the Oct. 7, 2023 terror slaughter. It’s unclear when the video was actually taken.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the release as “cruel propaganda.”

7 Video of Guy Gilboa-Dalal, a hostage, speaking from a car. Al-Qassam Brigades

In the edited video, an exhausted-looking Gilboa-Dalal is shown speaking — likely under duress — for roughly three minutes as he pleads for an end to the war and the return of the remaining hostages.

He says he is being held in Gaza City along with several other hostages and that he is afraid of being killed by Israel’s offensive on the city.

“This is all we want, we just want it to end,” he said in the clip. “We want to return to our families. Please bring us back.”

7 Guy Gilboa is one of the hostages in the video.

7 Gal Gilboa-Dalal’s brother Guy was kidnapped during the invasion by Hamas in Israel on October 7, 2023. James Messerschmidt

At one point, Gilboa-Dalal is seen being driven to meet Ohel near the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City – adding that he can’t believe he is still alive after 22 months of captivity.

The two hostages are among the 48 people – 20 of whom are thought to be alive — still being held by Hamas in Gaza.

7 Shortly thereafter, Gilboa-Dalal’s family released a 28-second clip from the video in which Ohel did not appear. In it, Gilboa-Dalal says that the date is Aug. 28, 2025.

7 In the video, Gilboa-Dalal is seen being driven in a car and meeting Ohel near the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City. AFP via Getty Images

Human Rights Watch ripped Hamas and other terror groups in Gaza for releasing videos of hostages, calling it inhumane treatment that amounts to a war crime.

Previous hostages have said their captors told them what to say in similar videos.

The release of the footage comes after Netanyahu ordered the military last month to capture Gaza City in a bid to wipe out the last remaining remnants of the terror group.

Since then, tens of thousands of Israelis have staged weekly demonstrations calling for an end to the war to secure the hostages’ release.

7 Alon Ohel, 22, a Serbian citizen, took refuge in a shelter after the festival came under attack.

7 Ohel was taken captive by Hamas terrorists from a field shelter near the Supernova music festival on October 7, 2023. Instagram / @bring.alon.home

After the release of the video, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid urged Israeli negotiators to resume talks on a deal to secure the hostages.

Hamas has said it would release some hostages for a temporary ceasefire. Netanyahu, however, is pushing for an all-or-nothing deal with Hamas releasing all hostages and surrendering.

Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed Friday that military operations would only intensify until Hamas accepts Israel’s conditions for ending the war – or the group will be destroyed.

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Israeli hostage Guy Gilboa Dalal appears in a Hamas propaganda video from Gaza City

The Hamas terror group released a new propaganda video on Friday on their Telegram channel, showing hostages Alon Ohel and Guy Gilboa-Dalal, being driven around Gaza City as Israel preps a new offensive. This footage marks the first time Ohel has been seen on tape since he, Gilboa-Dalal, and 249 others were seized during the Hamas-led assault on Israel on October 7, 2023 – 700 days. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Gilboa-Dalal is depicted with short hair, donning a dark blue shirt, and showing signs of distress, burying his face in his hands. At one point in the video, he seems to be seated in the backseat of a car above ground. Trump explains why White House windows cannot be opened

Trump explodes with furious warning to Xi and Putin Gilboa-Dalal’s family gave permission for a 28-second clip from a longer video to be released, where he states the date as August 28, 2025, and reveals he is being held by Hamas’s Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades in Gaza City. Near the end of the video, another hostage, Alon Ohel, 22, appears next to Gilboa-Dalal in the car. They hug each other and seem shocked to see one another. “I can’t believe I’m seeing you,” Gilboa-Dalal repeats several times in the video.

Israeli hostage Alon Ohel is being held in Gaza City shows a propaganda video

In the nearly four-minute video, Gilboa-Dalal discusses the planned Israeli takeover and occupation of Gaza City, pleading with the Israeli government to bring him home. “I heard that you’re going to carry out an assault on Gaza City, and this idea is giving me nightmares. What does it mean?” Gilboa-Dalal asks. “It means we’ll die here.” Under what seems to be duress, Gilboa-Dalal also urges Israelis to protest against the government and demand an end to the war, which would bring home the remaining 48 hostages, 20 of whom are still believed to be alive. “We just want this to end. We want to go back to our families. We’re found adjacent to the military. We’re scared, there are explosions here, gunfire. Please return us,” he says. The clip was made public as a significant new Israeli offensive is unfolding in Gaza City – where Gilboa-Dalal claims he is situated in the video. A military source told YNet that Hamas is likely trying to manipulate the situation. “It’s hard to predict how Hamas will behave with the hostages, if they’ll guard them or if they’ll use them as a shield, or, God forbid, kill some of them as manipulation,” an unnamed army source told the outlet – however, the families of the hostages have condemned more military activity in Gaza.

Israeli hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal was featured in the propaganda video

Gilboa-Dalal was last seen in a video in February, during a ceasefire, when Hamas forced him and another captive, Evyatar David, to watch the release of other hostages. Gilboa-Dalal’s family said in a statement: “Guy, Alon and other hostages were taken to Gaza and we fear greatly for their lives. We must bring them home.” Defense officials have cautioned that the proposed takeover operation could put the hostages in even more danger. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum has urged the government on Friday to negotiate a deal for the release of the captives instead of proceeding with the new campaign. On Friday morning, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum slammed the intensifying attack on Gaza City. In a statement, the hostage families revealed they were briefed by the Israeli military that the offensive would heighten the danger to captives since the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) lacks accurate intelligence about their whereabouts. “There is a deal on the table – this is what will bring back the last hostage, this is what will end the war,” the forum said in a statement. Ohel’s family refused to authorize the publication of any segments of the footage in which he can be seen. Shortly thereafter, Gilboa-Dalal’s family released a 28-second clip from the video in which Ohel did not appear. In it, Gilboa-Dalal says that the date is Aug. 28, 2025.

Smoke billows during Israeli strikes on the Mushtaha Tower in Gaza City on September 5