Hamas’s army wing on Thursday claimed “nearly 50” hostages have been killed as a consequence of Israeli airstrikes. Abu Obeida, spokesperson for the Hamas’s army wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, gave the replace relating to the hostage state of affairs in an announcement by way of Telegram.
“Al-Qassam Brigades estimates that the variety of Zionist prisoners who have been killed within the Gaza Strip on account of Zionist strikes and massacres has reached nearly 50,” Obeida stated in Telegram, reported AFP.
As Israel prepares for floor assault, ‘focused raids’ are launched in Gaza as ‘subsequent stage of fight’.
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) stated it killed deputy head of Hamas intelligence, Shadi Barud, in a strike within the Gaza Strip. IDF accused Barud of planning the October 7 Hamas assaults in southern Israel.
Amid Israel-Hamas intensifying battle, European Union leaders meet is underway in Brussels.
With the looming floor assault, Iran’s overseas minister Hossein Amirabdollahian warned if Israel’s retaliation towards Hamas militants in Gaza doesn’t finish then the US will “not be spared from this fireplace”.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran stands able to play its half on this essential humanitarian endeavor, together with Qatar and Turkey. Naturally, the discharge of the 6,000 Palestinian prisoners is one other necessity and accountability of the worldwide neighborhood,” Amirabdollahian was quoted by Reuters.
In the meantime, a delegation from Hamas visited Moscow on Thursday for talks on the discharge of overseas hostages together with Russian residents that the militant group is holding in Gaza.
Senior Hamas member Abu Marzouk was amongst these attending the talks, reported TASS.
“Contacts have been held with him in continuation of the Russian line on the quick launch of overseas hostages within the Gaza Strip. Points associated to making sure the evacuation of Russian and different overseas residents from the territory of the Palestinian enclave have been additionally mentioned,” TASS stated.
Russia has repeatedly blamed the present disaster on the failure of US diplomacy and referred to as for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and resume talks for peace settlement.
IDF has accused Hamas of holding round 222 hostages in Gaza. To this point, 4 hostages have been launched by Hamas.
