Spokesman Abu Ubaida said Al-Qassam Brigades The military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitationOn Thursday, about 50 prisoners held by it were killed as a result of the ongoing Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip Gaza Since October 7th.
The spokesman did not provide any other details in this statement, which he delivered on the Al-Qassam Brigades’ Telegram account.
Hamas previously announced that it had captured between 200 and 250 Israelis, and others of other nationalities.
She also previously said in mid-October that “22 Israeli prisoners lost their lives due to the continuous bombing of the Gaza Strip,” before revealing the new toll today.
Hamas indicated that among the hostages were “high-ranking military personnel,” and it wanted to exchange them for more than 6,000 Palestinian prisoners, including children and women, in Israeli prisons.
Within less than a week, Hamas released 4 female prisoners for humanitarian reasons, including two women who hold American citizenship in response to Qatari mediation efforts, and two Israeli women with Egyptian and Qatari mediation.
For his part, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hajari noted that “the number of hostages being held in the Gaza Strip is even higher than previously thought,” and said that the families of 224 hostages have been notified so far.
For the 20th day, the Israeli army continues to target Gaza with intense air strikes that destroyed entire neighborhoods, killing 7,028 Palestinians, including 2,913 children, 1,709 women, and 397 elderly people, and wounding 18,484 people, in addition to more than 1,950 missing people under the rubble.