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Islamic Jihad threatens to murder hostages if Israel doesn’t halt strikes before ceasefire
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Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists shake hands after handing over hostages to the Red Cross in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 28, 2023. (AFP)
Israeli hostages’ families should ask the Israeli military to stop intensified strikes in the final hours before a ceasefire takes effect as this “would be reason for killing their children,” a Palestinian terrorist spokesperson says.
The spokesperson, Abu Hamza, is with the al-Quds Brigades armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group in Gaza, which also holds Israeli hostages in addition to the enclave’s dominant terrorist movement Hamas.
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