International Courant
GAZA CITY, Palestine
An Israeli hostage in Gaza died because of a scarcity of drugs and meals, Al-Qassam Brigades, the army wing of Hamas, mentioned on Saturday.
“We announce the dying of the Zionist captive Yejiv Bukhattaf, 34, because of shortages of drugs and meals,” Al-Qassam said by way of Telegram.
“We beforehand warned that enemy captives undergo from the identical circumstances as our folks; starvation, deprivation, shortages of meals and drugs, and that sickness now threatens the lives of lots of them,” the armed wing added.
Al-Qassam launched a brief video exhibiting the Israeli captive stating his identify.
Commenting on the video, Al-Qassam mentioned: “What the folks of Gaza undergo from, the siege and shortages of meals and drugs, your captives may even undergo from (referring to Israel and the households of captives).”
The group added: “Though he survived the Israeli military’s strikes, he didn’t survive the scarcity of meals and drugs.”
As of 1920GMT, Israeli authorities haven’t issued a response to the Al-Qassam assertion.
Oblique negotiations, mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and america, have failed to succeed in a brand new settlement between Hamas and Israel for a cease-fire, which features a prisoner trade.
By Qatari, Egyptian, and American mediation, a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel lasted for per week till Dec. 1, 2023, which included cessation of hostilities, prisoner trade, and intensely restricted help coming into Gaza.
Israel has launched a lethal army offensive on the Gaza Strip since an Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas assault, which Tel Aviv mentioned killed lower than 1,200 folks.
Greater than 32,100 Palestinians have since been killed and over 72,400 others injured amid mass destruction and shortages of requirements.
Israel has additionally imposed a crippling blockade on the Gaza Strip, leaving its inhabitants, notably residents of northern Gaza, on the verge of hunger.
The Israeli struggle has pushed 85% of Gaza’s inhabitants into inner displacement amid acute shortages of meals, clear water, and drugs, whereas 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been broken or destroyed, in line with the UN.
Israel stands accused of genocide on the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice. An interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to cease genocidal acts and take measures to ensure that humanitarian help is supplied to civilians in Gaza.
*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala
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