Live updates from Gaza/Israel: Young hostages appear in a Hamas “psychological terror” film released by the IDF.

Resuming talks to secure the release of hostages held by the terrorist group, Israel soldiers are getting ready for what appears to be an invasion of the southern Gazan town of Rafah as the seven-month Israel-Hamas war approaches its halfway point.

The Israeli Defense Forces on Sunday released uncut video footage that it claimed to have found in Gaza. The clip included eight-year-old Ela Elyakim, a former Israeli prisoner, and her fifteen-year-old sister, Dafna Elyakim, being forced to record footage repeatedly by Hamas militants.

IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stated in a statement that “Hamas intended to use the video, which is being released today for the first time, for psychological terror.”

“But Ela’s family asked us to share it with the world to expose Hamas’s terror, to expose Hamas’s cruelty, to expose Hamas’s barbarism.”

According to Hagari, IDF soldiers found the girls’ uncut video footage while conducting ground operations in Gaza.

The IDF claims that on October 7, the Elyakim girls were taken from their father’s home in Nahal Oz. The IDF claims that their father perished in the terrorist attack on Israel that took place without warning by Hamas.

According to the IDF, Ela and Dafana Elyakim were taken prisoner for 51 days before being freed by Hamas in an earlier hostage agreement.

Hagari claims that Ela Elyakim informed IDF officials that Hamas terrorists made her read from a script and made her change clothes several times while they repeatedly reshot the video. “We will continue doing everything in our power to bring our hostages back home,” Hagari stated.

IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stated in a statement that “Hamas intended to use the video, which is being released today for the first time, for psychological terror.” “But Ela’s family asked us to share it with the world to expose Hamas’s terror, to expose Hamas’s cruelty, to expose Hamas’s barbarism.”

According to Hagari, IDF soldiers found the girls’ uncut video footage while conducting ground operations in Gaza.

The IDF claims that on October 7, the Elyakim girls were taken from their father’s home in Nahal Oz. The IDF claims that their father perished in the terrorist attack on Israel that took place without warning by Hamas.

According to the IDF, Ela and Dafana Elyakim were taken prisoner for 51 days before being freed by Hamas in an earlier hostage agreement.

Hagari claims that Ela Elyakim informed IDF officials that Hamas terrorists made her read from a script and made her change clothes several times while they repeatedly reshot the video.

“We will continue doing everything in our power to bring our hostages back home,” Hagari stated.

The lawmaker will discuss House Republicans’ support for Israel, the growth in antisemitism in the country, and she even plans to bring up her close ally, former President Donald Trump.

“I have been a leading proponent and partner to President Trump in his historic support for Israeli independence and security,” Stefanik is going to remark.

The U.S. State Department has warned that the U.S. government would not be able to extract three American medical experts from Gaza later on. Nevertheless, they are still there.

Out of a group of twenty American medical professionals, only Tamer Hassan, a registered nurse, Dr. Jomana Al-Hinti, and Dr. Adam Hamawy stayed behind to help treat patients.

According to someone with knowledge of the issue, “they understand that the U.S. embassy may not be able to facilitate their departure in the same manner as we have just effected today,” ABC News was informed. On Saturday, Hamawy issued a statement outlining his reasons for staying behind.

“We worry that the European Hospital we currently are in will suffer a similar fate of Al-Shifa and Nasser hospitals, where humanitarian workers, patients, and civilians were massacred,” he stated.

“I apologize; I know it hurts that I can’t spend this weekend with my wife, girls, and son. However, I am aware that you are pleased that I am keeping my word to never abandon someone,” he said.

According to a State Department spokeswoman, the doctors who fled Gaza “made their way to safety with assistance from the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.”