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Hours after the United Nations top court gave a ruling in the genocide case filed against Israel by South Africa and asked the country to take steps to prevent genocide in Gaza, militant group Hamas published a new video of three female hostages who have been held captive in the Gaza Strip from October 7.
In the edited five-minute-long video, soldiers Daniella Gilboa and Karina Ariev, and civilian Doron Steinbrecher were seen identifying themselves and appealing to the Israeli government to find a way for them to return them home.
The women claimed that they had been detained by Hamas for 107 days and their comments were mostly critical of the failure of Israel to rescue them, while all three hostages were referred to be under bombardment or fire.
Hamas says video filmed day 107 of war
Hamas has claimed that the video was filmed on day 107 of the ongoing war against Israel, however, they did not provide any evidence to support the claim.
Previously, Hamas had issued similar videos of hostages who have been kept captive in Gaza. These steps of Hamas have been called deplorable psychological warfare by Israel.
Earlier in the day, the International Court of Justice said that it is under its jurisdiction to rule over emergency measures as appealed by South Africa in the genocide case filed against Israel, in the wake of its ongoing war in Gaza.
Watch: ICJ ruling on Israel Genocide case: “Israel must not destroy evidence of genocide in Gaza”
It further said that Israel must punish people for committing genocide in Gaza and should immediately stop its attacks in Gaza.
The court further asked Israel to submit a report on the steps taken by the country to comply with its orders within one month.
The attacks carried out by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023, resulted in the death of 1,140 civilians in Israel, as per an AFP tally on the basis of official Israeli figures.
The militants also seized more than 250 hostages and Israel stated that nearly 132 of them have been kept hostage in Gaza, which included the dead bodies of at least 28 dead captives.
Nearly 26,083 Palestinians, among which 70 per cent of them young children, women, and adolescents, were killed in the bombardments and ground offensive carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip, as per the health ministry of the Hamas government.
(With inputs from agencies)
