'Israel' killed two captives during Rafah bombing days ago: Resistance

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
14 Jun 2024 22:02

The al-Qassam Brigades confirm that the Israeli occupation forces killed two of its captives in an airstrike on Rafah a few days ago.

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Palestinians fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah during an Israeli ground and air attack in the city, on May 28, 2024. (AP)

Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, have accused the Israeli occupation forces of killing their own captives in a recent airstrike on Rafah.

In a message addressed to Israeli settlers, the brigades announced that two Israeli captives were killed in the airstrike on Rafah a few days ago.

According to al-Qassam Brigades, the Israeli occupation forces have been killing their own captives in Gaza due to their indiscriminate and brutal bombardments. The announcement came as part of a video released by the al-Qassam, titled "Your Government Kills Some of Your Captives to Save Others."

In the video, the Brigades addressed Israeli settlers, stating that the Israeli occupation killed three of its captives in the Nuseirat camp while rescuing four other captives from the same location last Saturday.

It is significant to note that one of the three killed captives was revealed to hold a US citizenship.

The video concluded with a message to the settlers, stating, "Your captives will only be released in exchange for the freedom of our captives," warning that time, for the Israeli captives in Gaza, is running out.

'Israel' killed some captives during Nuseirat operation: Abu Obeida

The military spokesperson of the Hamas Resistance movement, Abu Obeida, affirmed on Saturday that the Israeli occupation's massacre in the Nuseirat refugee camp was a "complex war crime that harmed its captives first."

In a statement, Abu Obeida revealed that "The enemy was able to retrieve some of the captives by committing a horrifying massacre, but killed a few others in the process."

He stressed that the operation "will pose a grave danger to the enemy's captives, and will negatively impact their circumstances and lives."

Earlier today, the Hamas Resistance movement affirmed that the Israeli occupation army's announcement of the retrieval of several captives, after eight months of aggression in which it used all military, technological, and security means, and committed all kinds of crimes, from massacres to genocide, starvation, and siege, "will not change its strategic failure in the Gaza Strip".

In a statement, Hamas highlighted that it was still holding a large number of captives, noting that it could increase its yield of captives, just like it did during the latest operation in the Jabalia refugee camp in late May.