Another one of the hostages abducted during the October 7 attack on Israel has died, Pro-Palestinian group Hamas said on Saturday.
It stated this in a video saying Nadav Popplewell, who was taken hostage from the southern Israeli community of Kibbutz Nirim, died following an Israeli strike in Gaza.
The Israeli military is yet to respond to the latest video. It has referred to previous videos of hostages released by Hamas as psychological terror. It has also denied some of the previous accusations by Hamas that hostages were killed by Israeli bombardment.
Earlier on Saturday Hamas released an undated video of the 51-year-old captive in front of a white wall, with a bruise on his right eye, and speaking his name.
some hours later, in the second video, it said Popplewell died of wounds sustained a month ago in an Israeli air strike.
Hamas said Popplewell, whom it said was also a British citizen, was being detained with a female hostage when the place they were being held was targeted by an Israeli missile.
“He died because he didn’t receive intensive medical care at medical facilities because of the enemy’s destruction of hospitals in Gaza,” the Hamas armed wing spokesman, Abu Ubaida, said in a statement.
According to Israeli sources, out of the 252 people abducted on October 7, 128 remain in Gaza.
At least 36 of them have been declared dead by an Israeli forensic committee.
Israel says its offensive in Gaza is aimed at forcing the release of the hostages, along with eliminating Hamas, which has ruled the region since 2007.
The hostages support group said Popplewell was captured with his mother from her home in Kibbutz Nirim.
His brother was killed during the attack while his mother was freed by Hamas during a brief truce in November.
