Truly, this is the religion of peace.
The Hamas terror group on Tuesday published a video showing Hisham al-Sayed, one of two Israeli men being held by the terror group in the Gaza Strip, in poor medical condition — the first image of the hostage seen in years.
In the video, al-Sayed can be seen hooked up to an oxygen mask. The footage was undated, but it appears to have been recent, as a conference streaming on Al Jazeera’s Arabic channel seen behind the Israeli hostage took place on June 21.
What else would Hamas be watching but Al Jazeera?
Hisham al-Sayed is a Muslim Bedouin man with mental issues who crossed into that part of Israel controlled by Hamas. That was in 2015. The Islamic terror group, unable to get at any Israelis, has been holding him hostage ever since.
Hamas’s military wing had claimed on Monday night that “the health of one of its Israeli prisoners has deteriorated,” after years in which repeated attempts to reach a prisoner exchange deal between the two sides have hit dead ends.
The “Israeli” is a fellow Muslim. Not that it’s ever stopped Muslim terrorists.
“This is the first time I see his face in seven years. It helped put us at ease. He used to take medications and I hope they give him them,” his father Sha’aban al-Sayed told Channel 12.
He appealed to Hamas, saying: “Release him immediately. He’s sick and needs medical care at all times.”
Hamas keeps demanding the release of its imprisoned terrorists. But its trump card at the moment is holding one of its own people hostage and hoping that Israel ransoms him before he dies.
Keith O says
And the best thing Israel can do is,,,,,, nothing.
He’s not even one of their citizens, so why would they care?
ElderlyZionist says
Hisham al-Sayed is an Israeli citizen. Israel tries to win the loyalty of its Beduin citizens with just treatment, and many Israeli Beduin serve in the Army and Border Police. But experience has taught Israelis not to trade terrorist prisoners for Hamas’ hostages.
gravenimage says
He is indeed an Israeli citizen.
Keith O says
HUH, never knew that.
mgoldberg says
He is an Israeli citizen… and they should simply reveal how hamas treats other muslims- simply as disposable property for their own purposes. They have little regard for ‘others’ even if it’s a mentailly ill muslim Israeli whom they capture. They use everything as a cudgel to extract murderers out of prison. That is the only lesson here.
gravenimage says
Hamas Vows to Continue Holding Mentally Ill Muslim Man Hostage
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Just sickening. Doesn’t even matter to them that he is Muslim, either.
john smith says
Note the name as well Sayed, this is a prestigious name in the Arab world, muslims with this name are supposed to be descendants of muhammad.
So it seems muslims don’t even show respect to muhammads descendants anymore.
Alex Lund says
There are three ways to solve this:
1) The Israelis take counter hostages.
2) The Israelis do what the US did in WWII with the Japanese living at the West Coast. They are all put into detention camps. Then you use Infrared equipment and groundbreaking radar to look for persons that were missed. Sooner or later you have him.
3) They release the wanted prisoners. But before they are released they are injected with something bad. And the only known antidote has – you guessed it – Israel.