Hamas delivered letters to now-freed hostages’ families via Red Cross after filming propaganda video — report

Hamas handed over letters written by now-freed hostages Alon Ohel and Guy Gilboa-Dalal to the Red Cross, to be delivered to their families, when filming a propaganda video outside one of the organization’s centers in Gaza City, the Kan public broadcaster reports.

On August 28, when Hamas filmed a propaganda video of Gilboa-Dalal and Ohel outside a Red Cross center, his captors used the opportunity to pass on the letter to the organization, which then brought the letter to his family two weeks later, Kan reports.

The handing over of the letter, the first such case of letters written by a hostage being brought to their relatives, was kept secret by the families until he was released this week.

“I miss you a lot. I want and hope to return before Gaya’s birthday in December. I saw Gal and Eli together in a television report with our shirts. I can’t stop thinking about you, and those thoughts give me strength. I worry about mom, that she isn’t anxious,” Gilboa-Dalal’s letter read, Kan reports.