Maya Sam’s parents are happy to see her alive, after tthe video released by Hamas of the Israeli woman being held hostage in the hands of the organization. After the October 7 attack, approximately 200 people were reportedly held hostage by Hamas.
The military wing of the Palestinian organization Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades yesterday released a video of a woman identifying herself as 21-year-old Maya Sham. The video shows the woman’s hand wrapped in bandages. In the video he says he is from Sderot, a small Israeli town near the Gaza border. On the day of the attacks, he was participating in the Supernova Sukkot music festival at Kibbutz Re’im when Hamas fighters attacked the gathering. At least 260 people at the music festival were killed and others, including Maya, were taken hostage.
The video, just over a minute long, shows a paramedic dressing Naya’s injury. The French-Israeli says she underwent three hours of surgery for her injury, according to the ndtv.com. “They take care of me, treat me, give me medicine. Everything is fine,” he says. “All I ask is to return to my home as soon as possible, to my family, to my parents, to my siblings. Please get us out of here as soon as possible».
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that Maya was abducted last week and said officials have contacted her family and are in contact with them. “In the video released by Hamas, they try to present themselves as humanitarians. However, it is a horrific terrorist organization responsible for killing and kidnapping babies, children, men, women and the elderly,” an IDF post on X said.
“Right now, we are developing all the information and operational measures to return all the hostages – including Maya“, the IDF added.
Maya’s family responded to the clip, saying that they are happy to see her safe. Maya is an Israeli-French national. Her family was among French families who appealed last week to French President Emmanuel Macron to help free their relatives.
Emmanuel Macron’s response
The president of France Emmanuel Macron condemned today “the wretchedness that is the taking of innocent people hostage, and their heinous staged presentation”, after seeing the video of a French-Israeli hostage, which was released by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, the French presidency announced. “The President of the Republic has taken note of the video of Maya Sam, a French-Israeli citizen, which was made public by the terrorist movement Hamas,” it says in a statement issued by the French presidency.
“He calls for her immediate and unconditional release. “France is fully mobilized and is working with its partners to free the French hostages held by Hamas,” adds the French presidency.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna spoke on Sunday “with the families whose relatives were murdered or kidnapped, including Maya Sam’s» also states.
Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip and launched a surprise and unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, has since held, according to Israeli officials, nearly 200 hostages. The armed wing of Hamas announced on Monday (16/10), in the evening that they is “between 200 and 250”.
Yesterday, Monday, the Islamic movement broadcast on its official Telegram account the video “of one of the captives in Gaza”, in which a young woman is shown speaking in Hebrew. The caption of the video states that she was kidnapped “on the first day” of Hamas’ attack on Israeli soil. The young woman says she is being held in Gaza and is appealing for her release, adding that she is being treated well.
Source: News Beast
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