Hamas has released a video showing two Israeli hostages seized from a music festival during its cross-border attack in October 2023. The video claims to show Guy Gilboa-Dalal in Gaza City in late August, where he says he and eight others are being held and will remain despite Israel's planned ground offensive. It also shows captive Alon Ohel.

Hamas released a video on Friday of two Israeli hostages seized from a music festival in Israel in October 2023, and one said he was being held in Gaza City, where the Israeli military has launched a major offensive to wipe out the militant group.

An Israeli military spokesperson said on Thursday that it now controls about 40% of the city, where about one million people lived prior to the war.