Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was “dismayed” by the last videos transmitted by Hamas de los Hosta in the Gaza Strip this Thursday, July 31 and spoke with families, an official statement said.
“The prime minister expressed a deep dismay for the recordings released by the terrorist organization Hamas and told families that the efforts to take all our hostages continue and continue continuously and tirelessly,” said this statement of their services, published on the night of Saturday, August 2 to Sunday, August 3.
The publication of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, its ally, of three videos that show two Israeli hostages, demacred, aroused a stir in Israel and revived the debate about the need to reach as quickly as possible to an agreement to free them.
“Unlimited cruelty”
Tens of thousands of people gathered this Saturday night in Tel Aviv in support of their families and to demand their release.
In the images of propaganda of the two Islamist groups, the two captives seemed very weakened and very emaciated, in a staging aimed at drawing parallel to the current humanitarian situation in Gaza, threatened with “generalized famine” according to the UN.
According to the press release, Benjamin Netanyahu “had a long conversation [ce soir] With the families of Hostages, Rom Breslevski and Avyatar David, “both exhibited in these last videos.
“Hamas’ cruelty has no limit,” he said, according to Prime Minister’s office.
“While the state of Israel allows the entry of humanitarian aid for the inhabitants of Gaza, Hamas activists deliberately affect our hostages and filming them in a cynical and odious way. Hamas activists also deliberately affect the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip, avoiding receiving help from World Worly Nazis of the Hamas terrorist organization. “
Humanitarian block still in progress in Gaza
This Sunday, August 3, in the morning, the titles of the press remained widely dedicated to the theme: “hungry, emaciated and desperate” (Yidototh Ahronoth), “Hell in Gaza” (Ma’ariv), “Cruelty without limit” (Israel Hayom) “, Netanyahu is not in a hurry” (Haaretz).
Of the 251 people kidnapped on October 7, 2023 during the bloody attack of Hamas against the Gaza Strip, 49 remain retained, 27 of which were declared dead by the Israeli army.
The attack resulted in the death of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count made from official data. Israeli reprisals have left at least 60,430 dead in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to data from the Hamas Ministry of Health, considered reliable by the UN.
From the beginning of the war, Israel has been attacked by more than two million Palestinians accumulated in a 365 km² territory, already subject to an Israeli block for more than 15 years. At the end of May, it raised the total humanitarian block at the end of May, which imposed in early March, but only authorized the entry of very limited amounts, considered insufficient by the UN.
During the night from Saturday to Sunday, the alarm sirens resonated in the neighboring towns of the Gaza Strip, the army announced. “A missile, launched from the south of the Gaza Strip, was probably intercepted,” said the army, without further details.
Source: BFM TV
