Overview

• Hamas's military wing released a four-minute video of Elkana Bohbot, abducted during the October 2023 Nova Festival, showing him speaking in Hebrew and urging intervention for his release.
• In the video, Bohbot asks a friend to take his wife to the White House to plead with President Trump for his freedom.
• Hamas stated it lost contact with the captors of Edan Alexander, an Israelo-American hostage, after Israeli bombings; the body of a guard was recovered, but Alexander's fate remains unknown.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed his refusal to meet Hamas's demands, expressing confidence in securing the hostages' release without concessions.
• Families of the 58 remaining hostages, supported by the Forum des familles d’otages, continue to call for a negotiated ceasefire to secure their loved ones' release.