Hamas Releases Video Purporting to Show Israeli Captive in Gaza
Relatives of Avraham Mengistu demonstrate outside the Hadarim prison, near Tel Aviv, in Aug. 2015.
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Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, has released a video for the first time that purports to show an Israeli citizen who’s been held in the coastal strip for years.
The footage appears to show Avera Mengistu, also known as Avraham Mengistu, who first identifies himself and then asks how much longer he will remain captive. It isn’t clear when the video was made.