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Hamas: We have assets that will force Israel to negotiate
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe spokesman for the Hamas military wing, Abu Obeidah, says that Hamas is holding assets that will guarantee a prisoner swap with Israel, the Walla news website reports.
“In the hands of the [Izz ad-Din al-Qassam] Brigades, we have something that will promise a prisoner swap with the Israeli enemy, and free the prisoners and our nation,” he says on Palestinian TV, in an official statement to mark Palestinian Prisoner Day.
“We promised to free the prisoners, and we are certain that the Brigades can do it,” he says.
Hamas claims to be holding the bodies of two IDF soldiers who were killed in the 2014 war in Gaza, as well as two living Israelis who were seized by the terror group after they entered Gaza.
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