Published September 03,2024
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The armed wing of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Monday blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and armed forces for the loss of life of Israeli captives in Gaza by intentionally obstructing a cease-fire and hostage swap deal.
“Only Netanyahu and the occupation army bear full responsibility for the killing of the prisoners after they deliberately disrupted any deal to exchange prisoners for their personal and narrow interests, in addition to their deliberate killing of dozens of them through direct aerial bombardment,” Abu Obeida, the Al-Qassam Brigades spokesman, stated in an announcement.
He added that Netanyahu’s insistence to launch the Israeli captives “through military pressure instead of concluding a deal will mean that they will return to their families inside coffins and their families will have to choose whether they are dead or alive.”
Abu Obeida stated “new instructions” got to the fighters assigned to protect the prisoners “regarding dealing with them if the occupation army approached their place of detention.”
The Israeli military on Sunday stated it discovered our bodies of six hostages, claiming they have been killed by Hamas. The Palestinian group, nevertheless, says they have been killed in Israeli airstrikes.
Israel has killed greater than 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza since an Oct. 7 cross-border assault that claimed 1,200 lives and round 250 have been taken as hostages. Around 101 hostages are believed to be remaining within the blockaded enclave.
Source: www.anews.com.tr