Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades released two more hostages identified as Nurit Yitzhak and Yochved Lifshitz on Monday, the group announced in a statement. statement released on the social network Telegram.
“We have decided to release them for humanitarian and health reasons, despite the crimes of the occupiers,” reads the statement, which adds that this initiative is carried out under the mediation of Egypt and Qatar.
Hamas points out, in the same message, that Israel “has refused since Friday to accept the reception” of these hostages.
Last Friday, a Hamas spokesman, Abu Obeida, had already explained that the will to release the two hostages in question had been transmitted to Qatar “for humanitarian reasons and without compensation” using “the same procedures” used for the release of two American hostages. last week.
Hamas spokesperson accuses Israel of not following rules or guaranteeing security conditions
In statements to the Al Jazeera television channel, a Hamas spokesman, Osama Hamdan, considered that the change in position of Israel and Netanyahu to accept these two hostages was born from “pressure from the streets.”
By ensuring that the two women have already been released “without Hamas receiving anything in return,” the same representative accused the Israelis of “not respecting the agreed rules” and of disrespecting the process.
“We wanted to guarantee the safety of the two women, so we asked them to stop bombing Gaza at least until we liberated them, sent them to the border and then handed them over to the authorities. The Israelis did not comply,” Hamdan charged. , so “there is no trust and cannot be trusted in the Israelites.”
Asked if it is possible to release more hostages, he assured that Hamas sees the civilians as “guests and not hostages”, so “they will be sent home as soon as the conditions exist for their safety and so that they are not killed by bombings.” to the Israelites.”
“That’s what happened on Friday and we hope it can go better than today. [segunda-feira]”, he assured. Thus, “if there are security conditions,” Hamas will release the civilian hostages, “but the Israelis do not accept [essas condições]”.
Regarding the information spread by the Israeli media that another 50 hostages could be freed, Hamdan classified them as “rumors that could perhaps serve to sabotage the entire process.”
“If they want to continue, they have to be honest and stop spreading lies like the ones they told about the attack on the hospital and the death of women and children,” he warned.
Source: TSF
