The sister of British hostage John Cantlie has pleaded with his Islamic State captors to resume contact with the family.
Jessica Cantlie said she was making the appeal on behalf of her father, Paul, who is "terminally illl and incapacitated" and made his own appeal from his bed earlier this month.
Ms Cantlie told his kidnappers: "We had previously been in contact through a channel started by you, but then this stopped for reasons best known to you.
"Sadly, like the families of David Haines and Alan Henning before they were killed, our efforts at re-opening dialogue continue to be ignored by those holding John.
"We strongly challenge those holding John to return to your previously opened channel, to which we continue to send messages and await your response so that in keeping with everyone's wishes, we can restart dialogue.
"We implore IS to reinitiate direct contact."
She said claims the family had not tried to contact the group were "simply not accurate".
John Cantlie was captured in northern Syria in late 2012 while working as an independent photojournalist.
The 43-year-old, dressed in an orange jumpsuit, appeared in another propaganda video released by IS on Sunday in which he addressed the issue of airstrikes by Western forces in Iraq.
He said: "Anyone hoping for a nice neat surgical operation without getting their hands dirty is in for a horrible surprise once it gets under way.
"But for now US intervention policy remains airstrikes and humanitarian drops in Iraq with a constant emphasis on minimum time commitment to pacify the public back home."
Mr Cantlie has appeared in several videos for the group. It is thought he is being forced to deliver the messages under duress.
Islamic State, which controls large parts of Syria and Iraq, has already killed four western hostages; Britons David Haines and Alan Henning and Americans James Foley and Steven Sotloff.
Meanwhile the family of Abdul-Rahman Kassi, another US hostage threatened with death, has released portions of a letter sent by their son from captivity.
In it, Mr Kassig, who was captured on 1 October 2013 while on a humanitarian mission in Syria, described "incredible" fear but attempted to reassure his parents that he is "coping as best I can".
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