"Amazon Worker Held Hostage in Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad"

Palestinian Islamic Jihad released a video of Israeli Amazon employee Alexander Trupanov, who was kidnapped during Hamas's October 7 attacks and has been held in Gaza since. Trupanov, a computer engineer, addressed the Israeli public in the video, urging patience and promising to reveal the truth about his situation and other prisoners. His abduction is part of a larger crisis involving around 250 hostages taken by Hamas, which resulted in nearly 1,200 Israeli deaths. Amazon employees have shown solidarity with Trupanov, but are frustrated by the company's lack of a public statement on his abduction.