##  Hostage Appears in Islamic Jihad Video Amidst Gaza Crisis

**Militant Group Releases Footage of Abducted Israeli Citizen Watching News Coverage of Hunger in Gaza**

In a new development in the ongoing conflict, the armed wing of Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad released a video Thursday featuring an Israeli-German hostage taken during the October 2023 attack that ignited the Gaza war.  The six-minute video shows the male hostage, speaking in Hebrew, watching recent news footage depicting the escalating hunger crisis in Gaza.

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##  Hostage Appears in Islamic Jihad Video Amidst Gaza Crisis

**Militant Group Releases Footage of Abducted Israeli Citizen Watching News Coverage of Hunger in

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Islamic Jihad publishes video of Israeli hostage held in Gaza