Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday met with Agarnesh Mengistu, the mother of Hamas captive Avera Mengistu.

According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, the meeting, which was also attended by Netanyahu’s Military Secretary Avi Gil, was for the purpose of a “periodic update.”

Mengistu has been held by Hamas since 2014, when he crossed into the Gaza Strip. He and his fellow captive, Israeli-Bedouin Hisham al-Sayed, both have a history of mental illness.

Two weeks ago, Hamas published a video of Mengistu, which is believed to be authentic. In June, Hamas released a video of a man they claimed was al-Sayed hooked up to an oxygen mask.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)