The Palestinian movement Hamas released footage of a detained Israeli man on a ventilator, the first image of the man shown to the public since he crossed into the Gaza Strip and was arrested seven years ago.
Hisham al-Sayed, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, wandered into the besieged encalve in 2015 where he was captured by Hamas, the de-facto ruler of Gaza, who accuse him of a being a “a soldier in the occupation army.”
According to his father, Sha’aban al-Sayed, while Hisham served in the Israeli military for a few months, at the time he entered Gaza he had been a civilian.
كتائب القسام تبث مشاهد للجندي في جيش الاحتلال الأسير لديها هشام السيد pic.twitter.com/9Q0vdcW6Dv
— وكالة شهاب للأنباء (@ShehabAgency) June 28, 2022
Abu Obaida, the spokesman of Hamas’ military wing Izzideen al-Qassam Brigades, said in a rare statement on Monday that “the health of one of the enemy prisoners,” had deteriorated and that it would release proof “in the coming hours.”
The group also holds another Israeli citizen, Avera Mengistu, who entered the strip in September 2014 for unclear reasons.
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Two Israeli soldiers, Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, were captured a month earlier by the group. Israel says both are presumed dead while Hamas refused to comment on whether they are alive or dead.
