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Hamas released caller undated video footage connected Saturday of 2 men— including an American national — held hostage successful Gaza. The video shows nan 2 men live and was released connected nan Palestinian militant group's societal media channel, which is regularly utilized by nan group to people propaganda videos.
The hostages seen connected nan video were identified arsenic Omri Miran and Keith Siegel by nan run group nan Hostages and Missing Families Forum. Both men were abducted by militants during nan Hamas onslaught connected Israel connected Oct. 7.
In nan statement, nan run group said nan video shows nan hostages "for nan first clip aft 204 days successful captivity." CBS News can't verify nan day of filming aliases nan contents of nan video, but nan footage was posted connected nan transmission wherever it has posted different videos showing hostages.
A U.S. charismatic told CBS News that nan FBI is reviewing nan impervious of life propaganda video released by Hamas, which features U.S. national hostage Siegel on pinch an Israeli hostage. The White House did not person beforehand announcement of nan Siegel video anterior to its nationalist release. U.S. officials are successful interaction pinch nan Siegel family.
There are 5 U.S. nationals still unaccounted for and presumed to beryllium surviving hostages successful Gaza, a U.S. charismatic confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday. The remains of 3 different U.S. citizens are believed to beryllium successful their possession. Hamas released video footage of Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin connected that time — while Jews were celebrating Passover — and he delivered a agelong connection intelligibly crafted by Hamas.
It was nan first clip Hamas publically released a video of a U.S. national held hostage, nan U.S. charismatic said, until Saturday erstwhile nan video of Siegel appeared. He is nan 2nd U.S. national to look successful a Hamas propaganda video. A typical for nan family of Siegel told CBS News that this is nan first specified video that nan family has seen of nan 64-year-old American since he was abducted.
Siegel's wife, a female named Aviva Siegel, who is not a U.S. citizen, was released by Hamas successful November during a impermanent cease-fire successful which nan militant group released about 100 hostages taken during nan militant group's Oct. 7 onslaught connected Israel. Some 210 Palestinians have been released from Israeli prisons successful return.
Hamas and associated panic groups are believed to beryllium holding 133 hostages successful Gaza.
"The impervious of life from Keith Siegel and Omri Miran is nan clearest grounds that nan Israeli authorities must do everything to o.k. a woody for nan return of each nan hostages earlier Independence Day. The surviving should return for rehabilitation, and nan murdered should person a honorable burial," nan run group's connection said.
— Tucker Reals, Margaret Brennan, Pat Milton, and Haley Ott contributed reporting.
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