Video from an Israeli hostage's family hopes it will serve as a reminder of the need for a deal

The brother of Israeli hostage Naama Levy said the family's decision to release a harrowing new video of the moment his sister and other female hostages were kidnapped should remind the world and leaders that they must push for an agreement to secure their release.

Nineteen-year-old Naama and six other young women were abducted by armed Hamas fighters on October 7 from the Nahal Oz military base, where they were working as observers on the surveillance cameras at the nearby Gaza border fence.

In a Hamas video previously seen around the world as she was taken to Gaza, Naama was seen with blood on the crotch of her pants, her hands tied and her ankles slit.

Now the families of Naama and four other women have decided to release more video footage taken by the Hamas captors' body cameras, showing the moment they arrested and handcuffed the teenagers after killing others at the base.

Warning: This article contains details that may be disturbing to some readers.

In the three minutes of the video, the armed men can be seen shouting at the women, some still in their pajamas, most of them with bloody faces. They are handcuffed to a wall before being bundled into a jeep with obvious injuries.

The gunmen tell them in Arabic: “You dogs, we will step on you… we will shoot you all.”

In English you say: “You are beautiful.”

Naama, her face covered in blood, tells them in English: “I have friends in Palestine.” She was previously part of an Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative. Her family calls her “a peace seeker.”

Naama's brother Amit is visiting London to campaign for his sister's release.

He said indirect talks between Israel and Hamas to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza and a hostage rescue were in “a very bad situation.”

“We hope this video encourages all sides to sit down at the table again and understand that this is an intolerable humanitarian problem that must be solved,” he told the BBC. “This could be the last chance to save them.”

Amit said that when he saw the video released on Thursday, it was “very hard to watch… to see my little sister with that… that look in her eyes.”

“I never thought I would see her so scared and hurt,” he added.

But he also said that the video gave him strength.

“We feel like she's handling the situation like the true superhero that she is, like a hero fighting for her life.”