The family of Hamas hostage Alon Ohel on Wednesday approved the publication of a still image from a propaganda video the terror group released Monday before the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

“These are not Alon’s eyes. Alon has gone blind in one eye,” said the 24-year-old captive’s family, which had requested the media to refrain from publishing the video or images from it when it was first published.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Ohel’s parents Idit and Kobi during Rosh Hashanah, the Prime Minister’s Office said after the holiday ended Wednesday evening, as the premier was set to depart to the US for the UN General Assembly.

Government hostage point-man Gal Hirsch joined the call, in which Netanyahu described to Ohel’s parents the “joint military-diplomatic maneuver being continuously carried out to defeat Hamas and return all our hostages,” the PMO said.

In a statement after they approved the image of their son for publication, Idit and Kobi Ohel thanked Netanyahu for the call and said they expect him to return from the US with “good news.”

“On the eve of Rosh Hashsanah we received a sign of life from our Alon,” said Idit in the statement, which was published via the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. “We’ve looked at each and every frame [of the clip] to get as much as we can out of it. The more we look, the more we worry.”

“You can see clearly” that Alon is now blind in one eye, she said, adding: “We’re extremely concerned about Alon’s second eye.”

Her son’s condition had........

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