Sick Hamas vid of dead hostage Terrorists blame IDF
Hamas on Saturday claimed a hostage kidnapped by the Palestinian terrorists during their murderous Oct. 7 attack on Israel and featured in a recent hostage video has died.
Nadav Popplewell, who was abducted from Kibbutz Nirim in southern Israel, died after he was injured during an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, the terrorist group said in a video released Saturday.
The news of Popplewell’s death came hours after Hamas released a separate, undated video that showed the 51-year-old man apparently beaten in the latest in a series of hostage propaganda films shared by the group.
In the clip, Popplewell was seen in front of a white wall with a large bruise on his right eye.
In the Saturday video, Hamas said last month an Israeli missile struck the site where Popplewell, a British citizen, was being held alongside a female hostage.
‘Didn’t receive care’
“He died because he didn’t receive intensive medical care at medical facilities because of the enemy’s destruction of hospitals in Gaza,” said Abu Ubaida, a spokesman for the Hamas’ armed wing.
The Israeli military did not comment on the second video. It has previously denied some of Hamas’ claims that hostages were killed by Israeli attacks.
Popplewell was kidnapped along with his mother, Channah Peri, during the Oct. 7 attack, where 1,200 people were killed and another roughly 250 were taken hostage. Popplewell’s brother was killed in the surprise attack.
Peri was among 24 hostages freed Nov. 24 as part of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas.
On Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces widened evacuation orders for additional parts of Rafah as it prepared to expand its military operation into the city’s heavily populated central areas.