12/4/2024–|Last updated: 12/4/202407:13 PM (Mecca time)
Reuters said that it had seen an internal statement from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) stating that the movement has information about Israel’s intention to carry out an operation to recover some of its prisoners in the Gaza Strip, and it includes instructions to the movement’s fighters regarding such an “adventure.”
According to what the agency reported, Hamas learned that Israel intends to carry out an operation to recover prisoners similar to the operation it carried out in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip last June, which led to the death of more than 270 Palestinians as a result of the devastating bombing.
The statement stated, “It is expected that the enemy will make a similar attempt or a scenario close to the Nuseirat operation with the aim of trying to free a number of its prisoners,” according to what was reported by Reuters, which said that Hamas spoke of “neutralizing” the prisoners if such an operation was carried out.
Hamas recommendations
The internal statement added that the recommendations are to “tighten the living conditions of the prisoners according to instructions issued after the Nusseirat operation… activate the neutralization orders… as an immediate and rapid response to any adventure by the enemy.”
According to the statement – issued on November 22nd – Hamas asked its members who are holding Israeli prisoners in Gaza not to pay attention to any repercussions after these instructions, stressing that Israel will be responsible for the fate of those prisoners.
The day before yesterday, Monday, Hamas announced that 33 Israeli prisoners held by it had been killed since October 2023, and confirmed that most of them were killed by the Israeli army’s bombing of various areas of the Gaza Strip.
The movement repeatedly stressed that any prisoner exchange agreement must achieve an end to the aggression against the Gaza Strip and the return of the displaced to their areas.
