Overview

• Standing with bereaved mother Sabine Taasa, Netanyahu introduced the security‑camera clip and vowed to defeat Hamas and bring home hostages.
• The footage shows Gil Taasa rushing two sons into a backyard shelter before a grenade detonates, after which his body is seen on the ground.
• Later scenes depict the injured boys in the kitchen pleading for their parents as a militant opens the refrigerator, grabs a bottle of Coca‑Cola, and walks away.
• Israeli authorities asked outlets not to broadcast or distribute the clip inside Israel out of respect for the family's privacy and to protect minors.
• The Prime Minister’s Office did not explain the timing; the public release comes as Israel faces criticism over a planned Gaza City assault and days after a UN‑backed famine declaration, and the clip draws from a longer compilation previously shown privately with segments aired by Channel 12 in March 2024.