Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip over the past 96 hours have killed two Israeli hostages and seriously injured eight others, Hamas’ armed wing, the Al Qassam Brigades, said on Sunday via the group’s Telegram channel.
“Their conditions are becoming more dangerous in light of our failure to provide them with adequate care. (Israel) bears full responsibility for the lives of those injured as a result of its continued shelling,” the statement read, regarding the remaining hostages.
Hamas militants killed 1,200 people in southern Israel and kidnapped at least 250 in the Oct. 7 incursion, according to Israeli records. According to the Hamas-led Ministry of Health, Israel responded with a military attack on the Gaza Strip that killed more than 28,000 Palestinians.
During a week-long truce in late November, Hamas released more than 100 Israeli and foreign hostages, and in return Israel released about 240 Palestinian prisoners.
Israel’s top military spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said Tuesday that 31 of the other hostages held by Hamas in Gaza had died.
“We have informed 31 families that their captured loved ones are no longer among the living and that we have declared them dead,” he told a news conference.
Israel said 136 hostages were still held in Gaza.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, which documents and cares for all Palestinian detainees, released a statement on Sunday saying the number of Palestinians arrested since October 7 had reached 6,950 people.
Source: Terra
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