Thu 1-May-2025

Israeli captives

Hamas: Israeli captives not going home unless our demands met

The Hamas Movement has said that the families of Israeli captives in Gaza will never see their relatives without their government responding to the Palestinian resistance’s demands.

New photo of Israeli captives in Gaza released by QB

Al-Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas has published a new picture showing four Israeli captive soldiers in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas: Greenblatt was biased when asked for releasing Israeli captives

Hamas spokesman Abdul-Latif Qanu’a has described UN envoy Jason Greenblatt’s call for pressuring his Movement to release Israeli captive soldiers in Gaza as “blatant bias in favor of the Israeli occupation state.”

Shaul: Only a swap deal with Hamas will bring back my son

Zehava Shaul the mother of Israeli soldier Oron Shaul has criticized Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu for ignoring the issue of her captive son and not making serious efforts to bring him back to Israel.

QB: Our Shadow Unit instructed to pressure Israeli captives

Al-Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas said its Shadow Unit — responsible for Israeli prisoners — was given orders to exert pressure on captive soldiers in a way similar to the treatment Palestinian prisoners receive in Israeli jails.

Hayya: Israel has to pay a price for its captive soldiers

Member of Hamas’s political bureau Khalil al-Hayya has affirmed that Israel will never see its captive soldiers without paying a price for their release.

Hayya: Israeli soldiers not seeing daylight without price

Member of Hamas’s political bureau Khalil al-Hayya has said that the Israeli captives in Gaza will not see the light of day without Israel paying a price for them as it did in the 2011 swap deal.

Israel to inform family of captive soldier ahead of giving up corpses

Following a petition at the Israeli high court the Israeli government said it would notify relatives of an army soldier who is held by Hamas 72 hours ahead of returning any Palestinian bodies in order to receive their objection.

Germany plans to mediate prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel

Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper has said that Germany intends to mediate a prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel.

Greenblatt meets families of four Israelis held in Gaza

US president Donald Trump’s top peace envoy Jason Greenblatt on Thursday met with families of four Israelis held captive in the embattled Gaza Strip and sympathized with them.