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Hamas: Captured soldiers to be released only in exchange deal

Friday 19-February-2021

Hamas Movement on Thursday evening affirmed that Israel will not get back its captured soldiers in Gaza except through an exchange deal through indirect negotiations.

Hazem Qassem Hamas’s spokesman said in a statement published on his Twitter page that recent experiences confirm the ability of the Palestinian resistance to impose its will.

Benny Gantz the Israeli Defense Minister said that he is working with the security apparatuses and the political echelons to return the captured soldiers from the military wing of Hamas.

The Qassam Brigades Hamas’s armed wing holds four Israelis two of them were captured during the Israeli war on Gaza in the summer of 2014 and their fate or health status is unknown. The other two entered Gaza in unclear circumstances during the past years.

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