“The price to be paid for the large number of enemy hostages in our hands is to empty (Israeli) prisons by releasing all Palestinian prisoners,” Ezzedine al-Qassamo said in a statement broadcast by Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV. Abu Obeida, representative of the (Izadin Kassam) Brigades.
“If the enemy wants to close this detainee case at once, we are ready for it. If he wants to do it gradually, we are also ready.”
According to the Israeli military, militants are holding about 229 hostages in the Gaza Strip.
On Thursday, Hamas’ armed wing said that almost 50 hostages had been killed in Israeli bombardments in the Gaza Strip since October 7.
The AFP news agency could not immediately verify the figure provided by Ezzedine al-Qassam’s brigades.
On October 7, armed attackers of Hamas, who broke through the border, killed 1.4 thousand people. people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped more than 220 people, according to Israeli officials.
The Health Ministry of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip said on Saturday that 7,703 people, mostly civilians, including more than 3,500 children, had been killed in Israeli retaliatory strikes in the enclave.
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