Hamas released a new hostage video Friday, showing abductee Guy Gilboa-Dalal embracing fellow captive Alon Ohel and saying he couldn’t believe he has survived �22 months of war� while being held in Gaza City. The terror group posted the clip on its Telegram channel alongside the ominous message: �Time is running out.�

In the footage, Gilboa-Dalal warns that hostages like himself will be kept in Gaza City during Israel�s looming military push and shifted to new locations wherever the IDF advances. He dated the video August 28 � suggesting it was recorded just days before the death of Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida, who Israeli media reported had planned to weaponize hostage videos to stall the army�s invasion.

The release immediately reignited hostages� families� fears. In a blistering statement, the Hostages� Families Headquarters said the IDF has �no precise information� on their loved ones� whereabouts and cautioned that the Gaza operation could condemn them to �murder and disappearance forever in the ruins of the Strip.�

�This action poses an immediate and direct danger to our loved ones who have been languishing in Hamas�s tunnels for 700 days,� the statement read, warning against a repeat of the tragedy in Rafah in which six hostages were discovered murdered in tunnels earlier this year.

The families blasted the military chief of staff for �cooperating with a needless war� and insisted there is a diplomatic alternative already on the table: a proposal put forward by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff. �What did not work in Gideon�s Chariots A will not work in Part B or Part C,� they said, referring to earlier IDF operations that failed to free hostages.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid called it �another painful reminder that Israel must return to negotiations.� Writing on X, he urged: �We must do everything to bring them home. Sending strength to the families � you are not alone, we are with you.”

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