The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the militant wing of the Palestinian radical Hamas movement, said it could only release the hostages as part of a deal to swap them for comrades held in Israeli prisons. This was stated in a statement published on the Telegram channel of the official representative of the group, Abu Ubaydah.
According to him, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigade is still considering the issue of releasing the hostages.
“We reaffirm once again that the only and clear way to solve this problem is to reach an agreement for their full or partial replacement,” Ubaida said.
He stated that the movement was ready to exchange hostages in exchange for Hamas fighters, Palestinian women and civilians held in Israeli prisons.
Israel’s former far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir statedHe said Israel should not send humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip until the hostages are released, only “hundreds of tons of air force explosives.”
The situation in the Middle East has worsened since thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7. More than two hundred hostages were captured.
On this day, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the start of Operation Al Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country was at war.
The Israel Defense Forces operation was called “Iron Swords” and one of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli air forces launched strikes against hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off water, food, supplies, electricity and fuel supplies to the strip.
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Source: Gazeta

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