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Hamas releases audio of alleged Israeli soldier

The militant group also released old footage of former Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Ilan Mengistu (L), brother of Avera Mengistu (C), one of two Israelis held by Hamas in Gaza since 2014, attends a press conference organized by the captives' families calling for their release, in Jerusalem on Sept. 6, 2018.

Hamas has released an audio clip of an alleged Israeli soldier held by the militant group, as well as video footage of a soldier released in 2011.  

On Sunday, Al Jazeera Arabic’s “Tip of the Iceberg” program aired audio of a man whom Hamas identified as an Israeli soldier detained by the group's Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. In the clip, the man can be heard saying “I die every day anew” and asking whether "Israel still exists." 

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