“In a few hours, we will show you their last messages.” This is how the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, titled a new videotape that it broadcasted today, Monday, showing brief clips of the six Israeli prisoners whose bodies the Israeli occupation announced were recovered after they were found inside a tunnel in the Gaza Strip. It concludes with the phrase, “Wait for us.”
With the publication of the new clip by the Qassam Brigades, social media users began to circulate it and interpret the message that Qassam wanted to convey, a day after Tel Aviv announced the discovery of the prisoners’ bodies.
After the war, Europe sent messages to the resistance leaders inviting them to teach psychological warfare curricula in international universities.
— Wafaa 🔻 (@guptashiraz) September 2, 2024
Tweeters said that the timing of publishing the message to the six hostages who were recently killed is an excellent time to increase the oppression and pain of their families when they watch their clips, and that it coincides with the general strike in Israel in solidarity with the families of the prisoners held in Gaza and in rejection of the obstruction of the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to conclude a deal.
Hebrew media
In the coming hours, Hamas will show the latest video of the six hostages who were released from Hamas captivity.
Is it now up to the Netanyahu government to retrieve decomposed bodies from under the soil?
Has the awareness of the Israeli settlers become
Are there any stadiums like this? pic.twitter.com/fA8eqJritD— Rami | 🇵🇸 The Occupied Interior (@ramiamyn) September 2, 2024
Bloggers hoped that the new video would help fuel more demonstrations and unrest inside Israel, adding that the resistance is leading the media war with confidence and successful steps, which increases the psychological pressure on Netanyahu’s government and the Israeli street at the same time.
The resistance knows exactly who its enemy is and knows that they are filthy and hypocrites and can invent films and scenarios, so they are documenting everything ✌🏻🔻❤️🩹🇵🇸
— It’s Shanati (@ItShanati) September 2, 2024
Others considered the timing of the video’s release a new gift from the resistance to the families of the six prisoners killed in Rafah, so that they would not forget Gaza and what it means to be occupied.
“In a few hours we will show you their last messages.”
A new gift from the resistance to the families of the six prisoners who were killed in Rafah.
A souvenir, so they don’t forget Gaza and what it means to be occupied. pic.twitter.com/xnQcB9K8aV— Tamer | Tamer (@tamerqdh) September 2, 2024
Activists pointed out that the Qassam Brigades deliberately wanted the occupation to be able to find the bodies of the six prisoners, in order to increase pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the prisoners’ file and negotiations.
Hamas announced that the prisoners were killed by the ongoing Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip.
In contrast, the spokesman for the occupation army, Daniel Hagari, said that the six bodies were found in a tunnel in the Rafah area in the southern Gaza Strip, where the occupation forces have been carrying out a ground operation for months.
Hagari added that the prisoners were killed by Hamas militants and that the details that are being investigated are being investigated.