Hamas spokesperson Abu Obaida claimed on Telegram that Israeli-US-Canadian citizen Judy Weinstein, 70, and another unnamed hostage held in Gaza succumbed to their wounds as a result of Israeli bombardment.
Kibbutz Nir Oz already confirmed Judy Weinstein’s death on October 7 in December.
In a later video published to Telegram, the Hamas spokesperson stated in the caption, “Your army’s destruction of hospitals and putting them out of service is what caused the suffering and death of your detainees, just as our people suffer,” in English, Arabic, and Hebrew.
In the video, text appears again in all three languages saying, “Judith Weinstein was seriously injured on October 7 and was given intensive treatment in a hospital in the Gaza Strip. Immediately upon her recovery, she was returned to her place of detention.”
The video continues to show videos of buildings hit in Israeli airstrikes.
Then a second text appears discussing the unnamed hostage saying, “A month ago she was seriously injured in a Zionist airforce attack along with another detainee but she died due to the lack of intensive treatment in the Gaza Strip because the Zionist army destroyed the hospitals.”
The video cuts to footage of Shifa hospital after the IDF operation, showing the building’s destruction.
The video concludes with text saying, “Your army’s destruction of hospitals and putting them out of service is what caused the suffering and death of your detainees, just as our people suffer.”
This is a developing story.
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