Hamas armed wing says Israel killed a few of its hostages in operation on central Gaza’s al-Nuseirat
CAIRO (Reuters) – Hamas’ armed al-Qassam Brigades mentioned on Saturday that some hostages had been killed in Israel’s hostage releasing operation at al-Nuseirat refugee camp and close by areas in central Gaza.
Israel, “by committing horrific massacres, was in a position to free some its hostages, but it killed some others in the course of the operation,” al-Qassam Brigades’ spokesperson, Abu Ubaida, mentioned in an announcement on his Telegram channel.
Israeli forces rescued 4 hostages held by Hamas since October in a raid in Gaza on Saturday whereas over 200 Palestinians had been killed in airstrikes in the identical space, in line with Hamas officers, in one of many bloodiest Israeli assaults of the warfare.
It was not instantly clear if the hostage rescue and the Israeli air assault had been a part of the identical operation however each passed off in Gaza’s al-Nuseirat, a densely built-up and sometimes embattled space within the eight-month-old warfare between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian territory’s ruling Islamist group.
Saturday’s “operation will pose an ideal hazard to the enemy hostages and can negatively influence their situations and lives,” Abu Ubaida added.
(Reporting by Enas Alashray and Adam Makary; Enhancing by Louise Heavens)
