Never Before Seen
WATCH Devastating Footage: Six Hostages Captured Lighting Hanukkah Candles Before Being Murdered by Hamas
New, intimate recordings filmed inside a Hamas tunnel will be made public, documenting the final hours of six hostages, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin and Carmel Gat, as they attempted to light Hanukkah candles before being murdered.
A Rare Glimpse Into Captivity
New footage, scheduled to be unveiled this Thursday on the investigative television program "Uvda" on Keshet 12, will offer a rare and deeply unsettling look into the lives of six hostages who were held captive by Hamas during the recent war.
The recordings, filmed over many hours inside a subterranean Hamas tunnel, document the hostages' existence before they were tragically murdered by their captors. The individuals shown in the footage are Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lubanov, Almog Sarusi, and Carmel Gat.
The footage is highly significant as it provides a direct, unedited view into the conditions and psychological reality faced by the captives, a perspective that has been almost entirely absent from the public domain. The decision to release the recordings marks a powerful moment of memorialization and documentation of the terrorists' cruelty.
The Hanukkah Light in the Darkness
Among the most heartbreaking scenes captured in the footage is the group of hostages attempting to maintain their spirit by lighting Hanukkah candles within the confines of the dark tunnel. The act, performed under the gaze of their captors, serves as a poignant and agonizing symbol of resilience, maintaining a flicker of faith and tradition in the face of unimaginable terror and isolation.
The fact that the terrorists filmed these moments, combined with the subsequent murder of the individuals documented, raises disturbing questions about Hamas's intent, potentially using the recordings for propaganda or psychological warfare.
The investigative program's broadcast is expected to be intensely emotional and difficult viewing, offering families and the public the first intimate window into the final days of these six individuals. For the hostages’ families, the footage represents a painful but crucial testimony to their loved ones’ resilience and the atrocities committed by Hamas in the underground network. The tunnel system, used to hide and terrorize civilians, is further revealed through this footage as a site of ultimate suffering and death.