PIJ claims to lose contact with captors of Rom Braslavski; Family: ‘We demand answers’

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group claims in a statement that it has lost contact since yesterday with the captors holding Israeli hostage Rom Braslavski, and that his fate is currently unknown.

According to the organization’s statement, this occurred following an IDF maneuver in the area where he was being held.

Similar PIJ statements and claims have not always proven reliable, and Israel accuses the terror group of conducting psychological warfare.

A statement from the Braslavski family, published by the Hostage Families Forum, avers that “no one knows where Rom is — not the IDF, not Islamic Jihad. The only thing we were ever told is that he is being held alone.”

The family demands a meeting with a senior official, saying that nobody in the IDF or the government responds to their messages or provides them with any updates.

“We want to know where our son is. We want those responsible to sit with us and present the full picture — not fragments of information or partial truths,” the family says. “We are shattered and in pain. We demand answers from our country about our beloved Rom.”