TIMES OF ISRAEL
Hamas posts video of Omri Miran; Family: ‘Disgrace’ he’s in tunnel on Holocaust day
Nurit Yohanan
April 23, 2025

The family of hostage Omri Miran said Wednesday that it was a “disgrace” that he is still being held in a tunnel on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, after Hamas published a propaganda video showing the hostage. The family approved the release of a still image, but asked that the full video, in which the hostage is seen walking through a tunnel in Gaza and lighting a candle to mark his birthday, not be published. Miran, who was kidnapped on October 7, 2023, from Kibbutz Nahal Oz, marked his 48th birthday on April 11, his second in captivity. He is married, with two small daughters. READ MORE

YNET ‘Situation here is extremely difficult’: Family of hostage Omri Miran approve publication of Hamas video In the video, delivered in clear Hebrew, Miran pleads for help and urges both public demonstrations and international intervention to end the war in Gaza and the release of his fellow captives. “Hello, I’m Omri Miran, and I’m 48. This is the second birthday I’ve spent here — not celebrating, but simply surviving in Hamas captivity,” he says.