Overview

• In a roughly 3.5-minute clip, Guy Gilboa-Dalal urges Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt the Gaza City offensive and criticizes Israel’s leadership, with media noting it is unclear whether his statements were made freely.
• The footage briefly shows Alon Ohel, who also holds German citizenship, with his family consenting to publication of his identity.
• A speaker in the video says in Hebrew that they are in Gaza and that the recording was made on August 28, though AFP has not verified the clip’s authenticity or date.
• Both men were abducted from the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, and Israeli authorities say 251 people were taken then, with 47 still held and about 25 presumed dead.
• The video surfaced as Israel steps up action in Gaza City, with a Hamas-linked civil defense body reporting 19 killed in recent airstrikes and the Israeli military saying it controls about 40% of the city.