Hostage Rom Braslavski is seen lying on a mattress, saying he has pain in his foot and has difficulty standing, and is suffering from severe hunger, in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad video originally published on Thursday.
The Braslavski's family on Sunday night approved the publication of the contents of the propaganda video.
Braslavski, who is distraught throughout the entire video, introduces himself as "a prisoner of the Al-Quds Brigades," the PIJ's military wing.
"I've run out of food and water. They would give me a little bit of food, but today, nothing at all," he said in the propaganda video. "Only three pieces of falafel, that's what I ate today. Yesterday I barely ate a plate of rice. Bring in food, a liter of water. I am on the verge of death."
The video also shows Braslavski writing in a notebook in Hebrew: "Get me out of here now!" With a drawing of a hostage pin. The date on the notebook indicates that it was filmed on July 20 last month.
Braslavski also called for an end to the war in Gaza. "You have to stop what you're doing here. Why are you doing this to us? Bring in food. I am surviving on less than a liter of water. Just give us food, if not for the Gaza Strip, then for the hostages."
PIJ claimed that this was the last footage of Braslavski before contact with his guards was lost two days later.
Braslavski's mother speaks out on the video
Tami, Braslavski's mother, said: "I tried to suppress the reality, but when I watched the video, reality hit me. When you hear him saying these things out loud, it becomes truth despite how difficult it is to believe.
"The nightmare I was only afraid to imagine is real. The fear we live with has become more tangible than ever, and it's important that the whole world sees this, despite my personal difficulty in publicly showing my Rom in the dire condition he's in.
"I have never seen my son like this. Rom is not shouting or angry—he speaks quietly, in a weak voice like a person who has accepted the fact that there's nothing left to fight for and may not come out of there alive," she continued. "They say that when words run out, tears speak. Rom, my life, I am crying with you."
Braslavski's family said they were "deeply shaken" by the video's contents.
Braslavski was kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival on October 7, 2023, where he was working security.