Family of hostage Elkana Bohbot: You can see in video that ‘he is in bad shape’

The family of hostage Elkana Bohbot approves the publication of a Hamas propaganda video released earlier today featuring him, although the family of hostage Yosef-Haim Ohana, who appears alongside him, has yet to do so.

In a statement, Bohbot’s family says they can see “in the video that he is in bad shape, that he has lost a lot of weight from continued starvation, that he is suffering from problems with his skin and his breathing,” noting that he suffers from asthma and “hasn’t seen the light of day for almost a year and a half!”

משפחתו של אלקנה בוחבוט אישרה לפרסם את החלק את החלק בסרטון חמאס בו הוא מופיע: "הוא זועק לעזרה וזועק שלא נשכח אותו במנהרות הגיהנום. מדי יום ראם, שואל מה עם אבא. מתי נוכל להגיד לו שהוא חוזר? גם הילד הזה נמצא במנהרה חשוכה ובשבי"@AnnaPines_ @NOFARMOS https://t.co/QUQbVQVRZ4 pic.twitter.com/snm0JWjJPv

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Bohbot’s family adds that the video is “further proof that Elkana has to return home to his family, to his wife Rivka and his son Re’em David. Elkana is screaming for help and screaming that we don’t forget him in the tunnels of hell.”

His family issues an appeal to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump to “think that this is your son, your father or your grandson, who is waiting to see the light of day.”

In the clip, the hostages beg freed captive Ohad Ben-Ami, who was held alongside them during captivity, to speak out about their horrible conditions inside the tunnel.