[UPDATE-Day 102-Jan 16-22:00Z] Israel-Hamas War: Real Time Reaction and Analysis

Israel denounces Hamas propaganda video as psychological terror

The building where hostages Yossi Sharabi and Itai Svirsky were held was not attacked by Israel, IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said

Israeli officials denounced a Hamas propaganda video, which claimed that two hostages whom the terror group holds captive in the Gaza Strip were killed in an Israeli Air Force strike, on Monday night as psychological terror. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israel Defense Forces spokesman, said during a press conference that Israel had not targeted nor attacked the building in which Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itai Svirsky, 38, were held. “This is a lie of Hamas,” Hagari insisted. “We do not attack a place where we know there may be hostages.” – “Israeli jets attacked terror infrastructure near where Sharabi and Svirsky were held, leading Jerusalem to launch an investigation into Hamas’s claims about the two hostages’ fate,” Hagari said. The Israeli military contacted the families of the hostages and expressed concerns about their safety in Hamas captivity, per Hagari.

In footage that Hamas released on Monday evening, Israeli hostage Noa Argamani, 26, appears on camera. “I was located in a building. It was bombed by an IDF airstrike, an F-16 fighter jet,” she appears to say in the recording. “Three rockets were fired. Two of the rockets exploded, and the other didn’t.” – “I was injured in my head. My head is full of shrapnel and I have injuries to my body. Itai Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi died because of our own IDF airstrikes,” Argamani seems to add. The video concludes with what appear to be two bodies that Hamas claims belong to the hostages.

No one agreed to publish the terrorist propaganda video, 

On Sunday, Hamas released a “teaser” video showing Argamani, Sharabi and Svirsky apparently alive. “Tomorrow we will inform you of their fate,” it stated. The video was the first sign of life from the three hostages since Oct. 7th, some 100 days ago. It was not clear when that footage was captured. The two appear to introduce themselves and plead for the Israeli government to do everything possible to ensure their freedom.

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This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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⚡[UPDATE-Day 102-Jan 16-22:00Z] Eylon Levy’s powerful speech on 10/7: “Israel’s fight for justice and humanity”

⚔️ ‘I am telling Hamas, Surrender or Die!’ ⚔️