Hamas Warns ‘Many Israeli Hostages Killed’

Hamas Warns ‘Many Israeli Hostages Killed’

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News

CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Worthy News) – Hamas, which Israel regards as a terrorist organization, warned Sunday that many Israeli hostages may have been killed.

The group’s armed wing spokesman Abu Ubaida made the announcement to mark the 100th day since the outbreak of the war against Israel.

In his first televised appearance for several weeks he made clear that the fate of many Israeli hostages has become unknown.

Abu Ubaida said many of the hostages “may have been killed”, blaming their fate on Israel.

He added “any talks before stopping the Israeli aggression are worthless.”

The October 7 cross border attack into Israel which sparked the war came in response to 100 years of “massacres against our people carried by the occupier and its gangs,” he added.

The attack killed more than 1,200 people, the biggest single day loss of life since the founding of the state of Israel in 1948. It was also the worst recorded atrocity against Jews since the Holocaust, also known as the Shoah.

The assailants seized 240 hostages and took them to Gaza.

Abu Ubaida said that during the war, fighters of the Hamas armed wing attacked and took out of service about 1,000 Israeli vehicles.

Speaking on the possibility of an expansion of attacks, Abu Ubaida added that the group had been told by “several parties in the resistance fronts that they will expand their strikes on the Israeli enemy in the coming days.”

Iran-backed groups Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis are among those attacking Israel. Yemen-based Houthis have also expanded attacks against ships in the Red Sea, prompting counterattacks by the U.S.-led coalition.

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