The Palestinian movement Hamas stated this Saturday that, due to Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip, it lost contact with the militants in charge of a group of hostages, who could have died.
In the attack carried out in Israel on October 7, Hamas kidnapped dozens of people, some of them still held hostage by the group, having admitted today that at least three of them died.
“As a result of the barbaric Zionist bombing, we have lost contact with the group responsible for five Zionist prisoners, including Chaim Peri, Yoram Metzger and Amiram Cooper. We believe that the prisoners have died,” Hamas said in a statement.
The war between Israel and Hamas broke out after a massive attack by the Islamist group on October 7, which included the shooting of more than 3,000 people. rockets and the simultaneous infiltration of thousands of militants who killed some 1,200 people and kidnapped another 250 in Israeli cities near the Gaza Strip.
Since then, the Israeli army has carried out a harsh air, land and sea offensive against the Palestinian enclave that has caused 20,258 deaths, 53,688 wounded and 1.9 million displaced – almost the entire population – in the midst of a crisis. unprecedented humanitarian
The attacks only stopped during a seven-day truce in November, brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, which allowed the release of 105 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons.
Israel launched several attacks against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas to gain full control of northern Gaza, where it began its military offensive about three months ago, the Israeli Army announced today.
Source: TSF
