Palestinian Islamic Jihad Says Willing to Release 2 “Israeli” Captives

By Staff, Agencies

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance group released a video on Thursday of two “Israelis” being held in the besieged Gaza Strip.

The group said in a separate statement that they are willing to release the pair, Hanna Katzir, 77, and Yagil Yaakov, 12, both of Kibbutz “Nir Oz”, for “humanitarian reasons”.

The Yaakov family and the Katzir family requested that at this time, media outlets do not broadcast the video.

In the video, both of the captives criticize the “Israeli” entity’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the actions of the apartheid “Israeli” government, while praising Islamic Jihad and the treatment they have received in Gaza.

Both of these captives have complicated medical situations – Hanna's family previously released a statement saying that they are "very concerned about Hanna, a former kibbutz nanny who uses a walker, since she takes medications and requires constant medical attention”.

Additionally, the young boy, Yagil, has a life-threatening peanut allergy. The “Israeli” Association of Allergy and Clinical Immunology has previously sent an urgent call to international Allergy organizations insisting that the boy be seen and examined by representatives of the Red Cross, and be provided with injectable epinephrine.