Hamas Israeli Hostage Mia Shem speaks

The terror organization Hamas which is part of Palestin has released a video of one of the 199 known Israeli hostages taken to Gaza during a massive terror attack that killed over 1,400 Israelis and wounded over 4,100 on Oct.7.

The video released shows Mia Shem who is resting in bed and having bandages applied to her right arm. She has tattoos on her left arm.

Hamas releases its first footage of a hostage. The group says it is providing medical treatment to her. Though I think this is a poor attempt to show they are treating the hostages well. The hostage appears to be Israeli. pic.twitter.com/JDATGYenCr

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Translated from Hebrew the straight-to-camera shot, she says:

"Hi, I am Mia Shem, I am 21 years old, from Shoham, at the moment I am in Gaza, I came back on Saturday towards morning from the area of Sderot, there was a party, I was badly wounded in my hand, from the party they took me to Gaza, they took me to the hospital for three hours, they are worried about me, they are taking care of me, they are giving me medicines, everything is fine. I’m just asking to be returned home as soon as possible, to my family, my parents and my brothers. Please get us out of here as soon as possible. Thank you."

Keren Shem spoke to Katie Couric several days ago about her missing daughter, who appears to be the same young woman in the video.

Hamas evidently hopes to use the video to pressure Israel to negotiate, and to stop attacking its positions in Gaza.