Al-Qassam releases footage of Israeli prisoner Ori Danino before his death
Gaza (Quds News Network)– The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, released a video on Tuesday showing Israeli prisoner Ori Danino before his death in Gaza. Danino, one of six captives whose bodies were later found by the Israeli military in Rafah, directed harsh criticism at the Israeli government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In the video, Danino accused the Israeli government and the security council of failing to protect him and his fellow prisoners, stating, “The Israeli government and the security council failed to protect us, and now they are trying to kill us one by one.” He questioned the actions of Netanyahu’s government, saying, “Where was the Netanyahu government when we were alone and didn’t know where to run?”
Addressing the Israeli government and Prime Minister Netanyahu directly, Danino urged them to negotiate a prisoner exchange deal and implement a ceasefire in Gaza to bring the prisoners home.
He also called upon the Israeli public to continue pressuring the government for the release of the prisoners and to sustain their protests against Netanyahu and his administration. Danino’s message echoed the growing frustration among the Israeli prisoners, highlighting the dire conditions they faced as Israel continues to besiege and bomb Gaza , including the lack of food, water, electricity, and continuous bombing.
This footage follows the release of a video on Monday by Al-Qassam Brigades showing Israeli captive Eden Yerushalmi before her death in Gaza. In her recorded message, Yerushalmi appealed to Israeli leadership to finalize a deal for the release of hostages and to stop the attacks on Gaza. She held Netanyahu and the Israeli leadership accountable for the deaths of the prisoners and for endangering their lives, as Israeli airstrikes continued to target areas without regard for the prisoners’ safety.
Abu Ubaida, a spokesperson for Al-Qassam Brigades, had emphasized the high stakes, stating, “The price we demand for five or ten living prisoners is the same price we would have demanded for all the prisoners if the enemy’s bombing operations had not killed them.”
