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Tuesday, July 23, 2019
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Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Hamas spokesman to deliver speech on Israeli captives
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA spokesman for Hamas’s military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, will deliver a speech on Israeli captives — two living civilians and the bodies of two IDF soldiers — held by the terror group in Gaza, Palestinian media reports.
The expected speech by Abu Obeida comes on the fifth anniversary of the 2014 war in Gaza, known in Israel as Operation Protective Edge, in which the soldiers were killed.
On his Telegram account, Abu Obeida calls the speech “important” and says it will be delivered at 9:45 p.m. local time — missing the Israeli prime-time news broadcasts.
The soldiers are Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul. The civilians are Avera Mengistu and Hisham Shaaban A-Sayed.
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