Parents Send Message To Young Israeli Hostage, 19, Who Begs For Life In New Hamas Propaganda Video

Posted • January 5, 2025: This was hard to watch, but watch it we must. As we mark almost 18 months since Hamas launched a terror attack on Israel, killed over a thousand, and took dozens of innocent men, women, and children (including infants) hostage, there are still people being held captive by the terror organization. Now another hostage -- a woman named Lira Albag, who is only 19 years old -- was seen in a propaganda video. Hamas released a video Saturday indicating that 19-year-old hostage Liri Albag is possibly still alive — and showing her hanging her head in despair as she talks of “living in a nightmare.” In the three-and-a-half-minute clip, Albag references the New Year and states she has been held captive for 450 days, showing it was filmed recently but there is no proof it was shot within the last few days.

“I’m only 19 years old. I have my entire life in front of me, but now my entire life has been put on pause,” Albag said through tears in the video, according to The Jerusalem Post. Hamas are monsters. Full stop. Eli and Shira Albag, the parents of hostage Liri Albag, send a message to their daughter after Hamas published a video showing a sign of life. January 4, 2024. (…)

• More at: Twitchy - Release Them NOW: Young Israeli Hostage, 19, Begs for Life in New Hamas Propaganda Video
https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2025/01/05/israeli-hostage-19-begs-for-her-life-in-new-video-n2406142
New York Post: Hamas hostage Lira Albag, 19, seen ‘pleading for her life’ in new propaganda video
https://nypost.com/2025/01/04/world-news/hamas-video-shows-hostage-liri-albag-pleading-for-her-life/
The Times of Israel: Hamas releases video of hostage Liri Albag, 19. Parents: ‘This is not the Liri we know’
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-releases-video-with-sign-of-life-from-19-year-old-hostage-liri-albag/
The Jerusalem Post: 'Bring them back. All of them': New Hamas video reveals sign of life of hostage Liri Albag
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-836057