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Friday, October 27, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Friday, October 27, 2023
Hamas claims it needs time to find hostages hidden in Strip
Hamas needs to find where all the people kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists during their attack on southern Israel on October 7 have been stashed, according to a member of a Hamas delegation visiting Russia.
The Hamas official, named as Abu Hamid, tells Russia’s semi-official Kommersant news outlet that the group has always been willing to release civilians, but “needs time to find them.”
He claims members of various groups are holding hostages, and a ceasefire is needed to allow Hamas to carry out its search, find the hostages and then release them.
