A senior Hamas official stated on Sunday that the six Israeli hostages recently found in Gaza were killed as a result of ongoing Israeli airstrikes, challenging the Israeli army's claim...

Izzat al-Rishq’s remarks came shortly after the Israeli army announced that it had discovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza, asserting that they had been killed by Hamas.

“The ones who kill our people daily are the Israeli colonizers with American weapons. The hostages found in Gaza were not killed by us but by the relentless Zionist bombardment,” Rishq said in a statement.

He further criticized the U.S., saying, “If President [Joe] Biden truly cares about the lives of Israeli hostages, he should cease his support for this enemy with money and weapons and pressure Israel to end its aggression immediately.”

  • LinkerbaanOP
    3110·
    2 months ago2 months ago

    Maybe ask israel to stop killing the hostages then.

    Rishq emphasized that Hamas had been more concerned about the lives of the hostages than Biden himself, citing Hamas’ agreement to a cease-fire proposal and the UN Security Council’s resolution, both of which were rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

    • BlameThePeacockEnglish
      517·
      2 months ago

      Hamas could release them any time they want.

      They took them for a reason, to use them against Israel.

      • Count042
        194·
        2 months ago

        Israel could stop bombing at any time.

        • BlameThePeacockEnglish
          321·
          2 months ago

          Hamas is not the one that had to build a wall and a multi billion dollar rocket defence system and still got attacked.

          Israel tried to defend itself, Hamas kept at it, and now they’re paying the price. This is war.