A spokesman for the terror group Hamas claimed Monday afternoon (U.S. time) that its military wing is currently holding between 200 and 250 hostages.
Hamas militants parade through the streets for Bassem Issa, a top Hamas' commander, who was killed by Israeli Defense Force military actions prior to a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, in Gaza City, Saturday, May 22, 2021. Abu Obeida, a spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades said that the brigades hold around 200 while other “resistance factions and in other places" hold the remainder.
He also claimed that those international citizens taken captive were being treated well, with hospitality under Islamic law. He did not provide a more specific timetable or any details on that tease of freedom for the many held hostage.Monday night of a young woman being held hostage in the Gaza Strip, the first of any such update from one of the captives.
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