JERUSALEM, Nov 15, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - A Palestinian militant group allied with 
Hamas released a new clip Friday of Israeli hostage Sasha Trupanov, held in 
Gaza since the October 2023 attack, after releasing a first video earlier 
this week.

Trupanov, identified by his relatives in the previous video released on 
Wednesday, appealed to Aryeh Deri, leader of the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox 
party Shas, a member of Israel's governing coalition, to help free him and 
the other hostages held in Gaza.

Trupanov, 29, is a dual Russian-Israeli citizen who was abducted with his 
girlfriend, Sapir Cohen, from the Nir Oz kibbutz near the Gaza border.

His mother and grandmother were also abducted and released along with Cohen 
during a week-long truce and hostages for prisoners exchange in November 
2023.

His father, Vitaly, was killed in the October 2023 attack, the deadliest in 
Israeli history.

This is now the fourth video of Trupanov released by Islamic Jihad.

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called for the release 
of Trupanov and another hostage, Maxim Herkin, in comments made before the 
release of the latest clip.

"We reiterate our call for the immediate and unconditional release of all 
civilians held by Palestinian groups, with priority given to our 
compatriots," she said.

Herkin, a 35-year-old Russian-Israeli citizen, was abducted at the Nova music 
festival.

Militants seized 251 hostages during the attack, some of them already dead.

Of those, 97 are still held hostage, while 34 are confirmed dead but their 
bodies remain in Gaza.

The attack resulted in 1,206 deaths, mostly civilians, according to an AFP 
tally of Israeli official figures.

Israel's retaliatory campaign has killed 43,736 people in Gaza, according to 
figures from the Hamas-run territory's health ministry which the UN considers 
reliable.