This time, Hamas posted 47 photos of Israeli hostages directly on the internet, directly called "adieu photos", directly touching Netanyahu's pain spot. This happened on Saturday, September 20, 2025, when Hamas's armed branch, the Izdin Qassam Brigade, posted these photos via their website. The photos were the hostage files still held in Gaza, each with the same name, Ron Alad. This guy was an Israeli air force navigator in 1986, the year his aircraft was shot down in southern Lebanon, and since then there has been no news, Israel has now remembered him, feeling that bringing back the missing soldiers is a national duty.
Hamas has written in Arabic and Hebrew, pointing directly to Netanyahu's "insistence" and the "obedience" of Israeli army chief Eyal Zamil. They say this is "the farewell photo of the Gaza operation at the beginning", meaning that the killings of these guys are now in the hands of Israeli leadership. Hamas doesn't say how the hostages are now dead, but this combination is clearly about Israel's recent military action. On the side of Gaza, the Israeli army began ground offensive on Tuesday 17 September, weeks before the airstrikes had not stopped, tanks and soldiers directly entered the city, thousands of inhabitants ran outside, and the families all shouted about the government, even feared to push forward.
Think of the entire conflict, beginning with the Hamas assault on Israel on October 7, 2023, capturing 251 individuals. So far, 47 remained in Gaza, of which 25 Israeli military said they were dead. Before negotiating some, there was a major exchange in November 2024, Hamas released 33 living and bodies, exchanged Palestinian prisoners, but then the shell. Hamas' consistent conditions are all changed: Israel released all Palestinian prisoners, stopping the war in Gaza, the entire withdrawal of the army, to be fully released.
In this picture, Hamas is in response to the Israeli offensive. Gaza City is the old nest of Hamas, the Israeli army advanced vigorously, blocked the Saladin Road, residents crushed on the edge of the road barrier, airstrikes and ground battles made it a ruin. Hamas said that Israel knew the hostages were inside, and still did so, is not to take human lives as a matter. They also spoke, that if Israel really took Gaza City, these hostages will not go back. This is not only that Surinameahou went, but also involves the entire Israeli military decision.
After the exchange in November 2024, they talked again in January 2025, but Israel placed only a portion of the Palestinians, and Hamas felt it was not enough. On May 31, Hamas again mentioned that 10 individuals were placed in exchange for 125 prisoners, but it was not achieved. On August 18, they agreed a 60-day ceasefire, 10 living and 18 bodies were placed in exchange for prisoners, but Israel only bitten a portion of the terms. Qatar and Egypt have been intertwined, and the U.S. have also clashed, but each time the Turkish army withdrew and a total ceasefire. Hamas insisted that Israel ended the siege and released the Palestinians, and Israel said it would first destroy Hamas’ military capabilities.
On September 9, an Israeli drone bombed a house in Doha, Qatar, killing five Hamas leaders who were watching a draft U.S. ceasefire. Qatar protested directly, saying it undermined the peace process and the international community followed the condemnation. Hamas senior leaders fled, but this made negotiations more difficult. After the photo was released, a Hamas spokesman recorded a video saying that Israeli leadership was responsible for the hostages.
There is a lot of pressure in Israel. The families of the hostages pulled banners and lit candles on the streets of Tel Aviv, demanding that the government talk quickly. The media is full of screenshots of these photos, and the titles are more sensational than the last. There was also a lot of noise in parliament, and the opposition said that Netanyahu was betting on his life. Internationally, the UN Security Council voted for a ceasefire resolution on September 18th, and the United States voted against it. The European Union, Britain and Portugal are talking about recognizing the Palestinian state, and the German Foreign Minister also said that the pragmatic plan of the two countries should be promoted.
Since October 2023, 65,283 Palestinians have been killed and 166,575 injured in Gaza, most of them civilians. Hospitals have clustered bodies and medical care has not come. The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on 21 November 2024 against Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Joab Garant, alleging they have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. The International Court also accused Israel of genocide. Netanyahu went to the United Nations to defend, saying these accusations were unjustified, but had to circumvent members of the ICC when visiting.
The Hamas photo was not only intimidating, but also sympathetic to La Internationale. Website traffic went up at once, the media turned around, the X screen was also printed, a photo was posted saying it was a “cruel farewell”, and the Nepali family of Bipin Joshi cried online, he was No. 38. Hamas re-rocketed at its headquarters in Beirut, estimated to feel that it would force Israel to make concessions.
The Israeli army continued to bomb Gaza on the 20th of September, missiles flew, residents drilled covers. Hamas countered in the tunnels, rockets hit up. The regional forces also reconciled, Iran sent things to Hamas, Egypt met for mediation, but the core disagreement has not changed: Hamas needs to completely withdraw, Israel needs to destroy Hamas first.