Israel – Jerusalem Post, May 11, 2025
In the video, Yosef-Chaim Ohana appears to blame Israeli authorities as being responsible and having blood on their hands.
Hamas published a propaganda video on its Telegram channel Saturday evening, giving a sign of life to two hostages. The two hostages in the video are Elkana Bohbot, 35, and Yosef-Chaim Ohana, 24.
Hamas previously published a video of the two in late March. The two were kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival on October 7, 2023.
In the last video published of them, they looked pale and were sitting on the floor.
During the propaganda video, Bohbot appears too sick to function, with Ohana claiming that Bohbot has been self-harming. Ohana states that he, along with a Hamas terrorist, intervened a few days ago in order to stop Bohbot from harming himself again.
“We have lost our world and our hope,” Bohbot appears to say. Ohana also appears to reference Sara Netanyahu’s statement that fewer than 24 hostages remain alive, stating “It seems she knows what you don’t.” Ohana also states that Bohbot appears unwilling to eat or drink, adding, “We have little food in this terrible reality.”
“I have also stopped eating, as the fate of my colleague (Bohbot) is also my fate,” Ohana added. “Our fate is in your hands,” Ohana says in a message to Israeli authorities, before adding that “your hands are stained with blood, you who are making decisions.” “It’s time to stop this war. Time is running out,” he appears to conclude.
