WATCH: Netanyahu confirms hostage shown in Hamas video is alive – what’s next? January 17, 2023Hamas’s video footage providing proof of life of Avera Mengistu, the Israeli man held in Gaza for the past eight years, reignites the debate over what Israel can and should do to bring him back, as well as the other hostage and bodies of two fallen soldiers. Avera MengistuHamasIsraeli captives in Gaza