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IDF: The credibility of Avra ​​Mengistu's video is considered reasonable, Hamas signals that it wants negotiations - Voila! news

2023-01-17T07:10:12.592Z


The IDF spokesman said on 103 that Mengistu is apparently alive: "His family really wants to, but is having trouble identifying him. I hope it is him, and that he is in a proper state of mind and health." He also claimed that the publication of the video is a "vile" attempt to attract attention in an inappropriate way: "We will not give them a reward and we will manage the contacts with the media."


On video: The Mengisto family (Photo: Avi Rokah, Ashkelon Municipality)

IDF spokesman Brigadier General Ran Kochav said this morning (Tuesday) in an interview with 103 that the IDF estimates that the level of reliability of the video of Avra ​​Mengistu that Hamas published yesterday is reasonable. According to him, the IDF learns from the video that Hamas is in distress, seeking attention and signaling A desire to negotiate: "There is an attempt here to attract attention in a lowly, inappropriate way."



"Hamas is making cynical and inappropriate use, in my view also illegal, illegitimate, immoral and humanitarian - in that it holds an Israeli citizen illegally, contrary to morality, contrary to international law," he said on "Sheva Tisheva" with Anat Davidov and Gideon Oko.

"This testifies more than anything to the depraved values ​​of this terrorist organization. To hold captive for years two wounded civilians and the bodies of two soldiers."

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According to him, it can be confirmed that Mengistu is apparently alive: "I hope that it is him and that he is in a good mental, health and clinical condition. We hope that he will return home soon, his family really wants to, but it is difficult to identify him. I cannot deny or confirm the reliability of this video, because we We don't know that for sure."



He later claimed that Hamas is in distress and is trying to attract attention in a vile and inappropriate way: "They are trying to influence the Israeli system in a way that is not humanitarian, not humane, on the border of international law. If we received a sign of life from Mengisto and signals from Hamas that they want to negotiate - I would not I want to give them a reward and do it here with you on the air. We will not conduct these contacts of the prisoners and the missing in the Israeli media."

On video: Hamas publishes a video of alleged Mengistu (according to copyright law 27a)

"We are constantly dealing with prisoners and the missing. There is nothing more valuable and more important than bringing the boys home," he added at the end of the interview.

"The State of Israel is really doing everything, I can also testify first hand that we are doing as much as possible to return, we have not only Oron and Hadar in Gaza - but also missing bodies and spaces whose burial place is unknown in other countries and countries. Dozens and hundreds of people deal with this every day, hour-hour".



Yesterday, Hamas released the first documentation of Evra Mengistu from alleged captivity, more than eight years since he crossed the border into the Gaza Strip and disappeared.

In the video, a man identified as Mengisto is seen wearing a blue shirt, his head is shaved and he speaks broken Hebrew.

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Source: walla

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