Hamas has released a video of two Israeli hostages who were seized from a music festival in Israel in October 2023, with one saying he is being held in Gaza City.

Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Alon Ohel are two of 48 people Hamas is still holding in Gaza, where the Israeli military has launched a major offensive to wipe out the militant group.

Twenty hostages are thought to still be alive.

Palestinian militants took 251 hostages into the enclave after their 2023 cross-border attack on southern Israeli communities that killed about 1,200 people.

The video of the hostages features an exhausted-looking Mr Gilboa-Dalal speaking for about 3.5 minutes.

"We want all of this to end and to return to our families. There are explosions and gunshots. Please return us to our homes," he says.

He says he an

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