Islamic Jihad chief says no hostage deal unless war ends, Israeli forces withdraw from Gaza

Ziad Nakhaleh, leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, speaks during a rally organized by Lebanon's Hezbollah terror group to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Ziad Nakhaleh, leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, speaks during a rally organized by Lebanon's Hezbollah terror group to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

DOHA — Palestinian terror group Islamic Jihad will not engage in any understandings regarding Israeli hostages without ensuring a comprehensive ceasefire and the withdrawal of the Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip, the group’s secretary general Ziad Nakhaleh says in a statement today.

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