Al-Qassam Brigades released a video of Israeli captive Alon Oham denouncing Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir, accusing the government of seeking to kill prisoners as the group warned of a looming war of attrition in Gaza City.
An Israeli captive in Gaza City appeared in a new video released by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, where he denounced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. He also urged US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff not to assist Netanyahu in what he described as the killing of prisoners held by Palestinian resistance factions.
The video, titled “Because of Netanyahu’s intransigence, he has remained in captivity in Gaza City for more than 700 days,” featured prisoner Alon Oham. Speaking directly to the camera, Oham called on Washington to stop “supporting the madman Netanyahu’s decisions in his war against the Israeli people and Israeli prisoners,” warning that such policies would lead to disaster.
Mocking Netanyahu’s promises to bring back captives “through innovative means,” Oham asked, “Does anyone still believe Netanyahu?” He also delivered an emotional message to his family, acknowledging their suffering and accusing Ben-Gvir’s police of treating prisoners’ relatives as criminals. He urged them to continue their protests and sit-ins, which, he said, gave captives “hope and strength.”
Qassam Brigades publishes:
Prisoner Alon Oham, due to Netanyahu’s intransigence, he remains in captivity
Inside Gaza City for more than 700 days.“The images we see gives us hope & strength,
But you know that our destiny is sealed and these are our last days.” https://t.co/vxH0UII5DK pic.twitter.com/PYwIqWUn74— hard winter (@hardxwinter) September 22, 2025
At the same time, Oham accused Netanyahu’s government of seeking to eliminate the prisoners, saying, “You know that our fate has been determined, and these are our final days. The Israeli prisoners have become a burden on this government.” He pleaded with families to prevent this outcome “by any means necessary.”
The video ended with the message: “Time is running out.”
Last week, the Qassam Brigades warned of a “war of attrition” in Gaza City, pledging that Israeli forces would pay a heavy price and announcing the preparation of “an army of martyrs” and thousands of ambushes and explosive devices. The group declared that Israel’s ground operation in Gaza would yield no prisoners—dead or alive.
Two days earlier, Qassam circulated a collage of 47 Israeli captives, all labeled with the name “Ron Arad”—the missing Israeli pilot captured in Lebanon in 1986, who later disappeared after being held by the Amal Movement and Hezbollah. The image was described as a symbolic “farewell” as Israel’s Gaza offensive escalated.
Israel estimates that 48 of its citizens remain captive in Gaza, 20 of whom are alive. Meanwhile, around 11,100 Palestinians are held in Israeli prisons under harsh conditions, including torture, starvation, and medical neglect—many of whom have died, according to both Palestinian and Israeli rights groups.
(PC, AJA)
