Head of Hamas’s foreign political bureau Khaled Mishaal said on Thursday that the group has a number of Israeli soldiers held as captives which are enough to negotiate releasing all the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
Mishaal made the comments in an interview with Arabic news channel Al Arabiya TV.
Mishaal said the Aqsa Flood battle against Israel was a calculated move and that the resistance was fully aware of its consequences.
“We are well aware of the consequences of our operation on October 7” he said.
Mishaal said: &ldquoIsrael will kill us whether we resist or not.&rdquo
He had further pointed out that the Israeli captives include high-ranking officers from the Gaza Division.
However he stated that the details of the numbers of prisoners are only known by the Al-Qassam Brigades emphasizing “We have enough Israeli soldiers as prisoners to negotiate for our detainees.”
“We have informed some countries of our readiness to hand over civilian prisoners” he stated.
He further noted “We are only concerned with Israeli military prisoners and we will exchange the (captured) Israeli prisoners for all of our detainees held by Israel.”
Moreover Mishaal stressed that “Hamas and the Palestinian factions do not target civilians but Israel indiscriminately targets civilians.”
