The Israeli army announced on Saturday evening that it could neither confirm nor deny the statement made by the military wing of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, which said that a hostage had recently been killed in the north of the Strip. from Gaza.
Hudhaifa Kahlout, the spokesperson for the al-Qassam Brigades who is known by the nom de guerre Abu Obeida, said in a statement published on Telegram that “one of the enemy’s prisoners was killed in an area which currently the object of a Zionist attack in the north of the Gaza Strip, while danger still threatens the life of another prisoner who was with her.
Alongside this statement, Hamas published a blurry photo of a body which it claimed belonged to the slain hostage.
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The Israeli military explained that it is “verifying the information and at this stage it is impossible to confirm or refute it.”
“Representatives of the IDF are in contact with the hostage’s family and are providing them with all the information they have,” added the military, who noted that “Hamas continues to use psychological terrorism and behave in an abusive manner. brutal.”
Israel has rejected Hamas’ statements regarding the deaths of captives, citing deplorable psychological warfare.
At the start of the war, Abu Obeida threatened to execute Israeli hostages and broadcast footage of these executions.
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