During a visit to Gaza on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a $5 million reward for anyone who can help free Israeli hostages held by Hamas or any other terrorist group. The offer also included safe passage out of the Gaza Strip.
“Anyone who brings us a hostage will find an open door for him and his family, and we [lui] We will also give a reward of $5 million for each hostage,” the Prime Minister said. He had previously suggested that Israel would pay “several
millions” to get them back.
To facilitate the provision of intelligence information, Israel launched a rudimentary Arabic-language website called Machtoffin (“hostages” in Arabic).
The site features the names, photos and ages of the hostages, as well as links to WhatsApp and Telegram channels, and two phone numbers to contact Israeli authorities.
“Call us to provide information on the captives in the gang and receive a financial reward – contact us on WhatsApp or Telegram,” the webpage reads.
For strange reasons, the site contains 136 hostages, some of whom have already been found, alive or dead (terrorist groups are currently holding 101 people). At the very top of the page, for example, we can see the photo of Farhan al-Qadi, who was rescued by IDF troops in August.
