Hamas advances that it will release more hostages in the coming days
Abu Obeida, spokesman for the al-Qasam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamist group Hamas, stated this Tuesday in a televised speech that “in the coming days” they will release “more hostages” kidnapped during the attack on October 7 against Israel.
“We have informed the mediators that we will release several hostages in the coming days, in line with our desire not to keep them in Gaza,” Abu Obeida reported in a speech broadcast on television, according to EFE sources.
The spokesperson, in the same speech, denied the information that Israel released a soldier kidnapped by the Islamist group last Monday and stressed that he denies that Israeli soldiers “reached any prisoner in the hands of Al Qasam.” “If this were correct, it could have happened to individual parties, including Gazans holding hostages,” Obeida said.
Furthermore, the spokesperson has also condemned that, if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasts about the release of a hostage a month later “it means that he will need 20 years to free the rest of his prisoners in Gaza.” The Israeli Army assures that there are currently 240 kidnapped people in Gaza who were taken by Hamas and other Palestinian militias during their attack on October 7 against Israel, which also left 1,400 dead and more than 5,400 injured, according to what the Gazan authorities have reported. to EFE.
Israel began bombing that same day against the Gaza Strip, and expanded its ground operations last Friday, which has caused 8,500 deaths and more than 21,500 injuries, according to Gaza authorities. Abu Obeida has assured that the Israeli Army has decided to “invade by land” the Strip, after adopting a “scorched earth” policy, which has caused great destruction through land, air and sea bombardments.
The spokesman reported that, since the beginning of the Israeli ground offensive, they have responded and defended all fronts and have engaged in “fierce and direct” clashes. In that sense, Abu Obeida assured that the al Qasam Brigades have destroyed 22 Israeli military vehicles with 22 anti-tank projectiles and that for the first time they have introduced “zero distance” bombs against tanks in this battle.