The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a video on Monday showing three elderly Israelis alive among the hostages they are holding in the Gaza Strip after an attack in Israel on October 7, News.ro reported, citing AFP. .

In this recording, titled “Don’t Let Us Grow Old Here,” three bearded men sit on chairs and one of them sends a message to the Israeli authorities asking them to do so in order to secure their release.

The Israeli press reports that the three old men in the photos are between 79 and 84 years old and are from Kibbutz Nir Oz, one of the communities targeted by Hamas militants on October 7 in southern Israel.

“This is a video of criminal terror that shows the brutality of Hamas against elderly and innocent civilians in need of medical care,” condemned Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari.

According to a count compiled by AFP based on the latest available official Israeli figures, the October 7 attack killed 1,140 people in Israel, most of them civilians.

According to Israeli authorities, approximately 250 people were taken hostage, of whom 129 remain hostages in the Gaza Strip.

In response, Israel threatened to destroy Hamas and since October 7 has been intensively and continuously bombing the Gaza Strip, where it has been conducting a ground operation since October 27.

According to a report released Monday by the Hamas government, the Israeli army has killed 19,453 people in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war, mostly children, teenagers and women.