After mention in Hamas hostage video, freed captive Ohad Ben Ami vows to bring them home

After he was mentioned by name by hostages Elkana Bohbot and Yosef-Haim Ohana in a Hamas propaganda video, released hostage Ohad Ben Ami says he will not rest until all of the captives are returned home.

“I love you and I miss you and the other three hostages who for now I can’t say their names,” Ben Ami writes in a Facebook post, saying he saw the video clip where Bohbot and Ohana beg for him to speak up about their conditions in captivity.

“They fear for their lives, they are lacking all hope and as we speak the conditions of their captivity are being worsened and their food is being reduced since we returned to fighting [in Gaza],” writes Ben Ami, who says he is currently in Germany as part of efforts to lobby for their release.

Ben Ami demands that every hostage returns home, “not today, but already yesterday! Even if it means an immediate stop to the fighting.” He says that Israel can always deal with Hamas later, but the hostages must be brought home now, “as it is not certain that they will continue to live in the coming days, since they are in constant danger of death from the moment the fighting resumed.”

He promises to “do everything in my power to bring you and all the hostages home to your families alive!!!”