Al-Qassam Brigades Publish 'Farewell' Photos of Prisoners Held in Gaza and Warn of Their Fate
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The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, published today, Saturday, photos they described as 'farewell' for 47 of the prisoners held in the Gaza Strip, via their official channel on the Telegram app, in a warning message coinciding with the start of the extensive Israeli attack on the city of Gaza.
The design published by the brigades collected photos of the remaining detainees, giving each of them a number and the name 'Ron Arad', referring to the Israeli pilot who went missing in southern Lebanon in 1986 and whose fate remains unknown, which Al-Qassam considered a comparison to the fate of the current prisoners if the military operation continues.
In a statement accompanying the photos, Al-Qassam held Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir responsible for what it described as a 'criminal operation', asserting that the prisoners are distributed within the neighborhoods of the city of Gaza, and that the continuation of the attack means that 'their fate will be like that of Ron Arad', in a clear threat of not preserving their lives.
Out of 251 individuals captured by Hamas during its attack on Israel in October 2023, 47 remain detained, while the Israeli army announced the death of 25 of them. Israel claims that 20 of them are alive, a number that U.S. President Donald Trump questioned, stating that the death toll could range between 32 and 38, before later retracting and saying that '20 prisoners are alive, or just a little less'.
The Israeli attack on the city of Gaza began on Tuesday, after weeks of intense airstrikes, amid warnings of worsening humanitarian and security repercussions, especially given the complexity of the prisoners' file and conflicting narratives about their fate.
The design published by the brigades collected photos of the remaining detainees, giving each of them a number and the name 'Ron Arad', referring to the Israeli pilot who went missing in southern Lebanon in 1986 and whose fate remains unknown, which Al-Qassam considered a comparison to the fate of the current prisoners if the military operation continues.
In a statement accompanying the photos, Al-Qassam held Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir responsible for what it described as a 'criminal operation', asserting that the prisoners are distributed within the neighborhoods of the city of Gaza, and that the continuation of the attack means that 'their fate will be like that of Ron Arad', in a clear threat of not preserving their lives.
Out of 251 individuals captured by Hamas during its attack on Israel in October 2023, 47 remain detained, while the Israeli army announced the death of 25 of them. Israel claims that 20 of them are alive, a number that U.S. President Donald Trump questioned, stating that the death toll could range between 32 and 38, before later retracting and saying that '20 prisoners are alive, or just a little less'.
The Israeli attack on the city of Gaza began on Tuesday, after weeks of intense airstrikes, amid warnings of worsening humanitarian and security repercussions, especially given the complexity of the prisoners' file and conflicting narratives about their fate.
