Ela (L) and Dafna Elyakim are seen in a photo released by the IDF on May 19, 2024, which was taken while the two sisters were held captive by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip last year. (Israel Defense Forces)
The IDF releases footage recovered from the Gaza Strip, showing former hostages Ela and Dafna Elyakim being filmed by Hamas terrorists.
In a short propaganda clip filmed by the terrorists but never released, Ela introduces herself and asks that the government to free her and her fellow hostages, noting that she was held by Hamas.
Channel 12 reports that the family, along with the military, approved the publication of the video.
The report adds that Ela has said that she was told what to say when the Hamas terrorists filmed the video and that there were multiple takes.
Sisters Ela and Dafna, 8 and 15, were released on November 26 as part of a temporary ceasefire deal brokered by Qatar and the United States between Hamas and Israel.
Maayan Zin embraces her daughters, Dafna Elyakim, 15, and Ela Elyakim, 8, after they were released from Gaza captivity on November 26, 2023. (Courtesy)
They were taken captive from their father’s house in Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7, when thousands of Hamas-led terrorists burst across the border into Israel by land, air and sea, killing some 1,200 people and seizing 252 hostages, mostly civilians, many amid acts of brutality and sexual assault.
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