Hamas has published “Goodbye” photos with Israeli hostages and warns Netanyahu to stop the offensive from Gaza
Member of Izzedine Al-Qassam brigades, Hamas military wing, photo: Adel Hana / AP / Profimedia
The Army Wing A Hamas published on the Telegram on Saturday photographs “farewell” with most of the hostages still in the Palestinian enclave, warning that the attack of Israel could endanger them, AFP reports.
Through the images, the organization also evoked the case of an Israeli pilot who disappeared in 1986, when his plane was shot down in Lebanon.
Of the 251 people took hostages by the Palestinian militants during the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, 47 are still in the Gaza strip – about 25 of them the Israeli army says they are no longer alive.
“Due to the obstruction of Netanyahu (the prime minister of Israel, no) and the submission of Zamir (the head of the Israeli army, no) … A goodbye photo taken at the beginning of the operation in Gaza,” wrote the Ezzedine Al-Qassam, the military arm of Hamas, near the photographs.
Israel launched on Tuesday a terrestrial assault on the city of Gaza, after weeks of intense air attacks that continue to target the largest urban center in Palestinian Enclut.
Hundreds of thousands of inhabitants fled, while the families of the Israeli hostages urged the Netanyaho government to stop the offensive, warning that they endanger the lives of loved ones who are still in captivity in Gaza.
The Ezzedine Al-Qassam brigade published 46 photos with the hostages on their telegram channel, and each of them was labeled with the name of Ron Arad, a pilot of the Israeli air forces whose plane crashed in the south of Lebanon in 1986, during the Lebanese civil war.
