'Netanyahu will return your captives in coffins': Al-Qassam video
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The Resistance group addresses the captives' families and warns them that their sons and daughters are running out of time.
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Screengrab from a video published by Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades addressing the families of captives held by the Resistance group in Gaza on Saturday, May 25, 2024 (Al-Qassam Military Media)
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, released on Saturday a video addressing the families of Israeli captives held by the Resistance group in Gaza, warning that the occupation government is putting them in real danger.
The Brigades accompanied the video with a message to the families stating: "Your army, under [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu's orders, has violated their [captives] dignity, both the living and the dead."
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#كتائب_القسام تنشر فيديو مرفقاً برسالة إلى أهالي الأسرى الإسرائيليين: "جيشكم" بأوامر من نتنياهو أهان كرامتهم أحياءً وأمواتاً !#غزة #فلسطين #طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/iHL3AgAf6I
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) May 25, 2024
The clip also featured statements made by Netanyahu since the beginning of the war claiming that "efforts are being made to bring back all hostages."
Similar statements indicating that all capabilities are being utilized to reach the captives made by other top Israeli officials were also displayed, including War Cabinet member Minister Benny Gantz and Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari.
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After showing footage of the different claims, al-Qassam addressed the captives' families, saying: "This is how Netanyahu, his army, and his war cabinet kill the captives," followed by images of Israeli captives killed by the continuous Israeli bombardment of Gaza.
The Resistance group urged the families to ask Netanyahu and his ministers for the names of those killed captives, asserting that "they know them very well." It then warned that "time is running out" and that the Israeli government would be the reason for the "captives returning to their families in coffins."
"This is how they will bring them back," a statement written in English, Arabic, and Hebrew read.
For many weeks now, Israelis have been flooding the streets of Tel Aviv and several other areas, demanding that Netanyahu resign over his performance in the war on Gaza, including his continued dismissal of an exchange deal.
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Protests increased after the occupation government refused a ceasefire agreement that was approved by Hamas and even the US and presented by mediators Qatar and Egypt.
Despite these calls from Israelis, Netanyahu is insisting on "absolute victory" in Gaza, which has been criticized by top Israeli officials and experts as being out of reach, even unachievable.
A group of captives' families called on the Israeli government in a protest last week to complete an immediate exchange deal.
A father of one of the captives said as quoted by Israeli media, "We are saying to the war cabinet: we need to immediately save all the hostages who are still alive, to bring the dead back to be buried in Israel. The way to do this is through a deal."
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Another relative of a captive accused Netanyahu of intentionally jeopardizing negotiations with the Palestinian Resistance and that the cabinet had "given up" on the captives held in Gaza.
"The blood of those kidnapped is on Netanyahu’s hands and those who cooperate with him," she was quoted as saying.
