Israeli citizens of Ethiopian descent hold signs in 2015 appealing to Hamas for the release of Avera Mengistu, who was kidnapped after walking into Gaza a year earlier. File Photo by Abir Sultan/EPA-EFEJan. 16 (UPI) -- The Palestinian militant group Hamas released a video Monday purporting to show a kidnapped Israeli man missing since 2014. The short clip appears to show Avera Mengistu, who crossed the border into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in 2014 where he was kidnapped by Hamas. Where are the state and the people of Israel?," he appears to say in the video. It also takes aim at Israeli Defense Force chief Aviv Kohavi, superimposing a quote over a photo of him.

Source: Ethiopian News January 16, 2023 21:37 UTC