Hamas Releases Video of Man Identified as Gaza Hostage

 Palestinians look at a house targeted by an Israeli army strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP)
Palestinians look at a house targeted by an Israeli army strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP)
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Hamas Releases Video of Man Identified as Gaza Hostage

 Palestinians look at a house targeted by an Israeli army strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP)
Palestinians look at a house targeted by an Israeli army strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP)

Hamas on Saturday released a video purportedly of a hostage held in Gaza whom Israeli media identified as Maxim Herkin.

The video is undated and edited, however, the man makes references to an Israeli national holiday, which took place last week, and identifies himself as among the 59 hostages in Gaza.

The Palestinian group has regularly released videos of hostages over the course of the war.

Israeli officials have in the past dismissed such videos as propaganda that is designed to put pressure on the government.



Israeli Strike on South Lebanon Kills One

Firefighters and first responders gather at the scene of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in the southern Lebanese town of Toul on May 22, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
Firefighters and first responders gather at the scene of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in the southern Lebanese town of Toul on May 22, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
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Israeli Strike on South Lebanon Kills One

Firefighters and first responders gather at the scene of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in the southern Lebanese town of Toul on May 22, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
Firefighters and first responders gather at the scene of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in the southern Lebanese town of Toul on May 22, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)

Lebanese official media said an Israeli strike killed one person in the south on Saturday despite a six-month-old ceasefire, as Israel said it targeted a Hezbollah member.

The state-run National News Agency (NNA) said a man was killed when an Israeli drone targeted his car as he was heading to pray at a mosque in Deir al-Zahrani, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Israeli border.

Israel has continued to bomb Lebanon despite the November 27 truce that sought to halt more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah, including two months of open war.

The Israeli army said the strike killed a regional commander "of Hezbollah's rocket array".

It charged that during the conflict, the operative "advanced numerous projectile attacks... and was involved recently in efforts to reestablish Hezbollah's terrorist infrastructure" in south Lebanon.

Under the terms of the ceasefire, Hezbollah fighters were to pull back north of the Litani River, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the border, and dismantle military infrastructure to its south.

Israel was to withdraw all forces from Lebanon but it has kept troops in five areas it deems "strategic".

The Lebanese army has deployed in the south and has been dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure.

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