Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with the parents of Alon Ohel over the Rosh Hashana holiday, says his office.
Hamas released a propaganda video of Ohel, who is being held hostage in Gaza, on Monday.
Government hostage pointman Gal Hirsch joined the call, in which Netanyahu described a “joint military-diplomatic move” that Israel is carrying out in order to free the hostages and defeat Hamas, says the PMO.
In a statement, Ohel’s mother, Idit, says that after watching the propaganda video, it is clear her son is “blind in one eye.”
“You can see the eye is totally not functioning,” she says, thanking Netanyahu for speaking to her and Ohel’s father, Kobi.
“The prime minister is leaving now on a critical and historic trip to the US. Idit and I expect that from this trip he will return with an announcement — the announcement that the entire nation of Israel is waiting for,” Kobi Ohel says.
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