American-Israeli Hostage Feared Dead Since Oct. 7 Kidnapping Seen Alive in New Hamas Video

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Hamas released a video of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin.

A video of an Israeli-American hostage feared dead since his Oct. 7 kidnapping was released by Hamas on Wednesday, appearing to show him alive.

It features Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who is missing a hand.

Goldberg-Polin was kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7, when Hamas gunmen overran the festival as they attacked sites across Israel. Many festival-goers were gunned down and others were dragged back to Gaza as hostages.

Goldberg-Polin was severely injured as he threw out grenades from inside a shelter he was hiding inside with other people, CNN reported.

It had been unclear if he had survived his injuries.

On November 13, Goldberg-Polin's mother, Rachel Goldberg called on the US government to pressure for the release of her son.

In the new video, Goldberg-Polin says he has been "here for almost 200 days" which may indicate that it was recorded recently. No information was released about where and when it was recorded.

His family gave permission for the video to be published and used, Haaretz reported.

"Hersh's cry is the collective cry of all the hostages," the family wrote in their statement. "Their time is rapidly running out. With each passing day, the fear of losing more innocent lives grows stronger."