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The armed wing of the Islamic group Hamasto the Al Qasam Brigadesannounced today that three other hostages, including one with US citizenship, died yesterday during the rescue operation in which four captives were released in Link.
The group did not identify the dead or provide details about their identities.
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According to an almost one-minute video released by the group, the three died as a result of the military operation implemented by the Israel in the refugee camp Nuseiratcenter of the Strip, where, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, more than 270 Palestinians died in bombings and almost 680 were injured.
“Your captives will not be freed unless our prisoners are free“Al Qasam reiterated in the video, referring to the 120 hostages, many of them already dead, who remain in the hands of Hamas.
Yesterday already, Abu Obeidaspokesperson for Al Qasam Brigades, assured that other captives held in the area had died. “The enemy managed to free some of their captives by committing horrible massacres, but at the same time killed some of them during the operation“, he said in a statement, without providing further evidence.
He Israeli army confirmed today in a statement that its warplanes attacked “Dozens of military objectives to achieve operation success“, while the Government of Hamas Today he identified among the dead Palestinians 64 children, 57 women and 37 elderly people.
“The operation was carried out after many weeks (…) where preliminary information was collected on the whereabouts of the hostages in both locations, as well as intelligence information, which made it possible to understand the operational conditions of the rescue“, detailed the military statement.
The Israelis were rescued in the military operation Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov It is Shlomi Zivheld captive during 246 days of war in which more than 37,000 Gazans died, most of them women and children.
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With this ransom, of the 251 kidnapped October 7th 116 captives remain in the enclave, at least 40 of them dead according to Israel; although there have been four other hostages for years, two of them dead.
Since the start of the war, Israel and Hamas only reached a week-long truce agreement at the end of November, which allowed the release of 105 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
Additionally, four hostages were released by Hamas in October; seven rescued by the Army – counting the four from yesterday -; and the bodies of 20 hostages were recovered, three of whom were mistakenly killed by Israeli troops.
Source: Elcomercio
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