Hamas releases new 'psychological terror' videos of murdered hostages Carmel Gat and Alex Lobanov

Hostages describe difficult circumstances, call on Israelis to demonstrate for release

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Hamas published an additional video showing the murdered hostages Carmel Gat and Alexander Lobanov on their Telegram channel on Wednesday evening.

The family of Carmel Gat approved the release of the part of the video in which Carmel addresses her family. The video was recorded at an unknown time before her murder at the hands of Hamas terrorists.

The video excerpt was released by the Hostage and Missing Families Forum, which called it “a shocking psychological terror video.”

Both captives apparently read a prepared text for parts of the videos, where they described the poor conditions of their captivity and urged the Israeli government to "stop the bombings and bring us home."

“My name is Carmel Gat, from [Kibbutz] Be’eri, I am 39 years old. I was kidnapped from my parents' home on October 7, where I was staying with other family members, whose fate I don't know since I have been in captivity,” Gat says, indicating her ignorance that most of her family survived the attacks.

Carmel noted the poor conditions of her captivity, saying she is being held “without food, water, or cleaning supplies.”

“The bombing doesn’t stop, and I don’t know if I will get out of here alive or not because of them,” Gat said, reading from the text.

“On October 7, I, my family, and the rest of the residents of Kibbutz Be'eri were abandoned to our fate. I urge and plead with the Israeli government led by Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, to please stop this negligence, stop the bombing and bring us back home.”

Gat also called on Israeli citizens to protest for a hostage deal, saying: “Citizens of the State of Israel, I ask you to continue fighting for our lives and demonstrate for us, do not give up and do not let the door of negotiations close.”

Gat's cousin, Gil Dickman, said it was “emotionally stirring to hear her voice. It’s heartbreaking to hear that she did not know that her father, brother and niece had survived and that her sister-in-law Yarden came back in the [November] deal.”

Dickman blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for failing to bring the six hostages back in July.

“In July, Netanyahu said no to a deal that would have saved Carmel from murder – and sentenced her to death. Its complete failure leads to the murder of more hostages, we need a deal now – before it's too late,” Dickman said.

In the portion of the video where Alexander Lobanov speaks, he can also be seen reading from a prepared text.

“We are in very difficult circumstances,” he reads. “There are no basic supplies such as water, food, electricity and cleaning supplies.”

“We are afraid and have difficulty sleeping,” Lobanov continues.

He claims that Hamas “transferred me ten times to save my life.”

Lobanov also accused Netanyahu and the government of neglecting the hostages and called on Israelis to help by going “out to the streets to demonstrate.”

“I left behind my pregnant wife, a two-year-old son, and sick parents,” Lobanov says, unaware of the birth of his second son.

Lobanov’s widow refused to speak with Netanyahu after the discovery of the bodies last week, however, his parents did speak with the prime minister.

In his briefing to foreign press on Wednesday night, Netanyahu said he understands the anger and hatred of the hostage families, saying, “I can’t judge them.”