Hamas: Captive Zionist Troops Only to Be Freed Via Swap Deal
GAZA (Dispatches) – A high-ranking official with the Hamas says the Palestinian resistance movement will release captive Zionist troops only through a comprehensive swap deal.
"Any captive Israeli soldier won’t be released until all Palestinians imprisoned in the Israeli jails will be freed,” said Fathi Hammad, adding that Hamas "is seeking for capturing more soldiers in case Israel postpones a swap deal.”
Two years ago, Hamas armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, announced that it held four Zionist troopers in the Gaza Strip without saying anything about their fate or living situation.
The Zionist regime announced that two of the four Israelis are soldiers and they were killed during the large-scale offensive by the Zionist regime that was waged on the Gaza Strip for 50 days in the summer of 2014.
In 2011, Egypt brokered the first-ever prisoners swap deal between Hamas and the Zionist regime, where Hamas released a Zionist trooper for the release of more than 1,000 Palestinians, who were imprisoned in the occupying regime’s jails.
In another development, five Palestinian demonstrators were injured on Friday afternoon during clashes that broke out with Zionist troops in the eastern Gaza Strip, close to the occupied territories, according to medics in Gaza.
The five were shot and injured by Zionist troops’ gunfire in the rallies, which have been ongoing, organized by the Palestinians in Gaza since March 2018, known as the "Great March of Return.”
"Any captive Israeli soldier won’t be released until all Palestinians imprisoned in the Israeli jails will be freed,” said Fathi Hammad, adding that Hamas "is seeking for capturing more soldiers in case Israel postpones a swap deal.”
Two years ago, Hamas armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, announced that it held four Zionist troopers in the Gaza Strip without saying anything about their fate or living situation.
The Zionist regime announced that two of the four Israelis are soldiers and they were killed during the large-scale offensive by the Zionist regime that was waged on the Gaza Strip for 50 days in the summer of 2014.
In 2011, Egypt brokered the first-ever prisoners swap deal between Hamas and the Zionist regime, where Hamas released a Zionist trooper for the release of more than 1,000 Palestinians, who were imprisoned in the occupying regime’s jails.
In another development, five Palestinian demonstrators were injured on Friday afternoon during clashes that broke out with Zionist troops in the eastern Gaza Strip, close to the occupied territories, according to medics in Gaza.
The five were shot and injured by Zionist troops’ gunfire in the rallies, which have been ongoing, organized by the Palestinians in Gaza since March 2018, known as the "Great March of Return.”