According to Haaretz newspaper both of the liberated prisoners have been missing three days before the kidnapping. No information has been reached about their disappearance till this moment.
The suspects’ families had been detained and questioned however; no information has been reached so far.
Marwan al-Qawasmeh 29 and Ammar Abu Eisha 33 belong to Hamas’ armed wing where they were detained in Israeli and PA jails more than once the newspaper added.
Al-Qawasmeh was detained 4 years ago and sentenced to 10 months imprisonment. He admitted of being recruited to Hamas’ armed wing and participating in military training in al-Khalil. He was released in March 2012.
Al-Qawasmi works as a barber in al-Khalil. He is married and awaiting a baby. He is the nephew of Abdullah al-Qawasmeh a leader in Hamas’ military wing Qassam Brigades who was assassinated in 2003.
On the other hand Abu Eisha was first arrested in Nov. 2005 and was held in administrative detention for a nearly a year before being released. He was then re-arrested in April 2007.
Abu Eisha’s father was also arrested in 2005 by Israeli forces while trying to throw an explosive device at them.
Meanwhile Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Shin Bet’s information support his repeated assertions that Hamas movement was behind the kidnapping according to his claims.
Netanyahu has renewed his call on Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to revoke his recent reconciliation pact with Hamas.
