‘We’re dead men walking’: Families of hostages Maxim Herkin, Bar Kuperstein publish clip from Hamas propaganda video

The families of hostages Maxim Herkin and Bar Kuperstein allow the media to publish a brief snippet from a Hamas propaganda video released by the terror group in April.

The snippet is part of a larger video calling for a comprehensive ceasefire deal rather than another round of staggered, partial hostage releases.

The 44-second video published by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum features excerpts from multiple Hamas propaganda videos, all of which have been approved for publication by their families.

The video begins with a video of US President Donald Trump saying that the US “wants to get the hostages back,” before it cuts to clips of the hostages.

In the footage, Herkin and Kuperstein sit with their backs against the wall.

Herkin, whose hand is bandaged, says that the two are “dead men walking.”

“We don’t feel like human beings,” he says.

In a second, shorter clip, Kuperstein only says: “Please!” in what appears to be an appeal for his release.

A video published by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum on July 3, 2025, features clips of the hostages taken from Hamas propaganda videos in a call for the Israeli government to agree to a comprehensive ceasefire and hostage release deal. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

The other videos in the compilation had previously been published by the families of the hostages, either in part or in full.

“The video is intended to amplify the cry of the hostages’ families and the hostages, in the face of the possibility of a partial deal, of cruel selections,” says the hostages forum in a statement accompanying the video.

“The families demand a comprehensive agreement that will ensure the return of every last hostage. This is the correct and moral act, one which doesn’t require separating siblings and the immoral choice of one hostage over another.”