Hamas questions Israeli narrative on deaths of 6 captives in Gaza
Basem Naim, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, told Al Jazeera that it was not clear how the six captives whose bodies were recovered from Gaza on Saturday had died.
“We are waiting for the final story or narrative from the resistance on the ground. It is very complicated there on the ground,” Naim told Al Jazeera.
“We can remember, recently when the Israelis tried to rescue some of their captured Israelis in Nuseirat two months ago, they rescued [four] living captured Israelis but they have at the same time killed three others. And killed at the same time 250 Palestinians and wounded hundreds,” he said, referring to Israel’s June 4 raid on central Gaza.
That operation was Israel’s most successful in its 10-month war, but Hamas said at least three other unnamed captives, including a US citizen, died in the assault.
Naim also went on to claim that Israel’s military has killed “70-80 of their own people” in missile attacks and noted that Israeli soldiers had shot at and killed three other captives in Shujayea in northern Gaza last December.
“Therefore, until now we cannot confirm these allegations by the Israeli side. They might have been killed by cross-shooting or cross-firing between the fighters and the Israeli soldiers. But we are not sure how they have been killed. The Israelis themselves haven’t shown any evidence,” he said.
The Western media already runs with "executions" as fact, despite it still just being claims by the IDF. Claims that are too often proven false. It doesn't matter though, the Israeli public doesn't even care whether it were executions or not. The fact that they were still alive before the IDF pressed on, despite they were part of phase 1 in the ceasefire deal sparked the ongoing demonstrations. In the eyes of the public they could easily have been spared, if it weren't for Netanyahu.
Hamas says UN jumping to conclusions on Israeli captives’ deaths
Hamas spokesperson has urged the UN not to accept Israel’s narrative on the six captives whose bodies were found in Gaza before getting all the facts and hearing all sides.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Hamdan called for the UN to be “balanced” when looking into the captives’ deaths. Israel claims that Hamas guards killed them, while Hamas says it is still awaiting details.
Hamdan also said the UN should consider the role of Israeli forces in killing the captives in previous air raids or botched rescue efforts.
Hamas’s military spokesperson Abu Obeida said on Monday that captives held in Gaza would return to Israel “in coffins” if Israeli military pressure continues and that Hamas had issued “new instructions” to their guards in case Israeli troops approach.
Hamdan said Abu Obeida’s comments were directed at Israel’s attempts to rescue the captives.
“The message from Abu Obeida [to Israel] was: You have tried to try to get your people back by force and each time that caused their killing,” he said. “If you continue to try this way, you will cause the death of your people.”
Indeed not the way it is reported on CNN.
Hamas’ brutal new tactics signal new phase in war and hostage crisis
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/03/middleeast/hamas-israel-hostage-deal-raise-stakes-intl/index.html
With its announcement that militants guarding Israeli hostages in the buildings and tunnels of Gaza had “new instructions” to kill them if Israeli troops closed in, Hamas signaled the opening of a chilling new chapter in an already brutal war.
Western journalism is dead.
No information on possible new ceasefire proposal, says Hamas
Spokesman Osama Hamdan says Hamas has not received any official word on a possible new ceasefire proposal from the US. However, he questioned whether Washington’s optimism was genuine or simply geared at a domestic audience ahead of the November elections.
“We don’t need more negotiations,” said Hamdan, accusing the Israeli government of repeatedly sabotaging them. “I think what we need now is real pressure on Israel from the Americans” to accept the US-backed ceasefire proposal put forward back in May, he said.
