– The enemy will not be able to recover him alive. We supported him alive for 20 months, but if he dies during the attempt to liberate it, the occupier's army will be responsible for his death [wojska Izraela] -said Abu, a spokesman for Hamas's military wing, Al-Kasama brigades. He added that this is the “last warning”.
In recent weeks, Israeli troops have started a new offensive, which aims to master the entire Gaza Zone. The government and the army declare that in addition to defeating Hamas, the main goal of the war remains to release hostages still detained by Palestinian terrorist organizations.
“His blood will be on the hands of Netanyahu”
According to the Israeli army, there are now 54 hostages kidnapped on October 7, 2023 in the Gaza Zone, of which around 30 are already dead. Hamas also holds the corpse of an Israeli soldier killed in 2014.
The mother of Matan Zangauker, Einaw, said that the actions of Israeli troops expose him to direct danger. “The decision to expand the land operations at the expense of Matan's life and all hostages,” she emphasized, speaking during the evening rally in Tel Aviv.
Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu “still devotes hostages, uses the army not to protect Israel, but to continue the war and protect his government,” said Einaw Zangauker. If Matan dies, “His blood will be on the hands of Netanyahu” – she added.
Some families of hostages and Israeli society accuse the prime minister that they are dragging war, disregarding the fate of hostages. At Netanyahu, there are allegations that he continues to fight to satisfy the truce with Hamas of the far -right coalition partners, without whom the government would fall.
Hamas also published a photo of Matan Zangauker. The man is connected to the drip on it. According to the testimonies of released hostages Zangauker was tortured and starved.
The hostages remain the most powerful Hamas tender card in truce negotiations. The conversations got stuck in the impasse. The Palestinian organization wants the arms suspension to be associated with the perspective of the permanent end of the war, which rejects Israel, which strives to eliminate the military and political potential of Hamas.
Hamas has already announced that he would kill hostages if the Israeli army approached their imprisonment. In August 2024, terrorists murdered six kidnapped when an Israeli army operated nearby.
Israel's armed forces declare that when planning operations, they take into account the safety of the kidnapped.
