On Thursday, the Islamic Jihad movement broadcast a video of a woman and a boy that it said were among the hostages it is holding in the Gaza Strip, confirming its readiness to release them if “appropriate field and security conditions” are met.
Abu Hamza, spokesman for the movement’s military wing Al-Quds Brigades said in a video that, the movement is ready to release the septuagenarian woman and the 13-year-old boy “for humanitarian and health reasons.”