Palestinian Islamist group Hamas He assured that there will be no negotiations on a new hostage and prisoner exchange this Sunday Clashes between the organization and the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip continue unabated.
According to the statement made by Hamas, accessed by the Israeli media Ynetnews.com, the Palestinian group opposes the start of negotiations on the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
“Hamas confirms its position that there will be no negotiations on any prisoner exchange agreement unless the attack on the Gaza Strip is completely ended and the conditions for resistance are met,” the statement said.
Pressure mounts from hostages’ families
Moreover, Government and Army Israel They claimed responsibility for the mistaken killing of three hostages in Gaza by Israeli soldiers on Saturday. At a time when pressure is mounting from the families of the kidnapped people for a new ceasefire that would allow for their release after 71 days of war.
“The State of Israel is saddened by the tragic death of three of our kidnapped people,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his speech after their relatives insisted on a new ceasefire to bring them back home during the Israeli military attack.
“We will learn the lessons,” the head of government said, without giving up his position to continue the relentless military operation in the Palestinian Strip.
4 people died in Israel’s attack on the West Bank
Meanwhile, four Palestinians lost their lives in Israel’s drone attack on the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem in the north of the occupied West Bank today.
With this attack The number of deaths in this region in the violence against Israel exceeded 500 this year, the highest number since 2002.
According to the Ministry of Health, 4 young people “lost their lives as a result of the bombing of the occupation forces inside the camp during the arrests and destruction of infrastructure in the camp, which was declared a closed military zone.”
Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, reported that two of those injured in one of the drone attacks died of blood loss because Israeli soldiers did not allow ambulances to reach the camp.
The Palestinian Red Crescent also condemned that “occupation forces prevented ambulances and emergency teams from working and arrested a volunteer while entering the Nur Shams camp to reach the victims.”
Since the beginning of the operation, Israel has stepped up raids to search for “terrorism suspects” in the West Bank. War against Hamas in the region, According to the military, it has already detained more than 2,200 Palestinians, about 1,200 of whom have links to the Islamist group.