Newly released video captures a moment of faith and unity among the six Israelis later murdered by Hamas terrorists.
The Israeli military has released deeply moving footage recovered from a Hamas tunnel in Rafah’s Tel Sultan neighborhood, showing six Israeli hostages lighting Hanukkah candles while held underground.
The video documents Hersh Goldberg-Polin (23), Eden Yerushalmi (24), Ori Danino (25), Alex Lobanov (32), Carmel Gat (40), and Almog Sarusi (27) reciting the candle-lighting blessing and singing Ma’oz Tzur together during their captivity.
According to the IDF, the footage was retrieved from inside the Hamas tunnel network and presented to the hostages’ families, who later authorized its public release. The heartbreaking images show the six young Israelis maintaining spiritual strength and Jewish tradition even under brutal imprisonment by Hamas terrorists.