Palestinian terror group releases propaganda video of Arbel Yehud Israeli hostage expected to soon be set free

Terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad released a propaganda video on Monday of Israeli civilian Arbel Yehud – who is due to be released later this week after being held hostage for more than 15 months. In the video – which appears to have been filmed on Jan.25 – Yehud, 29, says she is doing “OK” and that she looks forward to being reunited with her family “like the other girls” who have been recently released as part of the cease-fire deal struck between Israel and Hamas earlier this month, according to the Times of Israel. The footage is similar to other videos of hostages put out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas after the Oct.

7, 2023, terror attack on Israel. Yehud’s family has asked the media not to broadcast the footage or images from the video clip, according to the Times of Israel. The Israeli government expected Yehoud to be released over the weekend along with other female civilians, but Hamas opted to set free four Israeli Defense Force soldiers ahead of her – creating a brief obstacle in the deal’s implementation. The issue appears to have been that Yehoud was being held by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, not Hamas, and the terror group was falsely listing her as a soldier and demanding that more Palestinian prisoners be released in exchange for her freedom. The hangup was resolved Sunday night and Yehud was reclassified as a civilian, according to the outlet. She is expected to be released on Thursday. Yehud was with her boyfriend Ariel Cunio when the two were abducted from her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Hamas attack. Her brother, Dolev Yehud, was killed that day.Seven hostages have been set free since the ceasefire-hostage deal went into effect on Jan.19.A total of 33 hostages are expected to be released over the next several weeks as part of the first phase of the agreement....