Hamas claims that more than 30 hostages kidnapped in Gaza have died in Israeli attacks

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MADRID Dec. 2 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has assured this Monday that more than thirty of the almost 250 hostages kidnapped during the attacks of October 7, 2023 have died from the attacks carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which The day after the Palestinian offensive they began a bloody military campaign in the Palestinian enclave.

More than a year ago, Hamas launched an unprecedented attack against southern Israel in which some 2,400 people died and another nearly 250 were kidnapped. An agreement reached between the parties approximately a year ago facilitated the release of a hundred kidnapped people, while others were recovered, mostly dead, thanks to Israeli military operations.

In this context, Hamas has announced that at least 33 hostages have died, victims of the policies of the “criminal” Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the bombings of his “Fascist Army” on Palestinian territory. “If they continue with their crazy war, they may lose their prisoners forever. Do what you must do before it is too late,” Hamas said in a statement collected by ‘Filastin’, a group affiliated with the group.

This same Monday, the Israeli Army confirmed that Captain Omer Maxim Neutra, of American origin and who was on the list of those kidnapped during the Hamas attacks on October 7, really died during the assault and the Islamist group took him to the Gaza Strip his lifeless body.

It is now estimated that around a hundred people are still kidnapped in Hamas custody and hidden in underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip, although Israeli authorities do not venture to detail whether they could be alive or dead. In this situation, the families of the hostages continue to pressure the Government to reach an agreement in Gaza that includes the release of the hostages.