Hamas will not release the hostages until a ceasefire is reached. About this newspaper “Kommersant” said Abu Hamid, representative of the Palestinian movement delegation in Moscow.
According to him, Hamas had communicated its intention to release “civilian detainees” since the first days of the war, but needed time to find everyone who arrived in the Gaza Strip on October 7.
Hamid also noted that during the visit to Moscow, the Hamas delegation presented “their Russian friends with a picture of the reasons for the October 7 attack.”
7 October Hamas forces launched He launched several thousand missiles at Israel and announced the beginning of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords” and one of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli Air Force applied Hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip were attacked, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the strip. 13 October Israel reported The UN said 1.1 million Palestinians should be evacuated to southern Gaza within 24 hours before a ground operation in Gaza.
Previously Hamas statedThis will release foreign hostages “when conditions allow.”