Hamas’s army wing says that two of its guards have shot and killed one Israeli male hostage held in Gaza and severely wounded two feminine hostages.
The Israeli army stated in response that it did “not have any intelligence information that allows us to refute or confirm Hamas’s claims”.
Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for the al-Qassam Brigades, stated on Telegram that the shootings had occurred in two separate incidents and that “attempts are being made to save” the lives of these wounded.
He didn’t establish the hostages or give extra particulars about when or the place the assaults occurred, saying an investigation was underneath approach.
He blamed the incident on what he stated had been Israeli “massacres” of Palestinians.
The Israeli army stated: “We will continue to examine and verify the credibility of the message and will update with any more information that we obtain.”
This is the primary time that Hamas has stated that its guards have killed hostages in the course of the persevering with struggle in Gaza. Previously, it has stated that hostages have been killed by Israeli air strikes.
In the previous, Israel has dismissed Hamas statements on the deaths of hostages as psychological warfare.
According to Israeli tallies, 251 folks had been kidnapped in the course of the Hamas-led assaults on 7 October by which some 1,200 folks in southern Israel had been killed.
It is believed that 111 of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas stay in Gaza, together with the our bodies of 39 who the Israeli army says are useless.
Another two Israeli civilians who independently entered the Palestinian territory are additionally being held, in addition to the our bodies of two Israeli troopers who had been killed within the Gaza struggle in 2014.
At least 39,929 folks have been killed in Gaza in the course of the present battle, in response to the territory’s Hamas-run well being ministry.
Hamas’s assertion comes as talks aimed toward ending the struggle and bringing residence remaining hostages are because of resume in Cairo or Doha on Thursday.
Israel has stated that it’ll ship a delegation to satisfy mediators from the US, Egypt and Qatar.
Hamas has stated that it doesn’t plan to ship negotiators, and has as an alternative known as on mediators to current a plan to implement what it agreed following earlier rounds of talks.