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Saturday, January 18, 2025
Islamic Jihad warns intensified IDF strikes before ceasefire could kill Israeli hostages

Mourners recite a prayer over the bodies of four people killed in an Israeli strike north of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, in the yard of the Nasser hospital on January 18, 2025 (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
Palestinian Islamic Jihad warns that continued Israeli strikes in Gaza could kill hostages ahead of their release.
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,” PIJ military wing spokesman Abu Hamza says.
Islamic Jihad also holds hostages along with Hamas.
The ceasefire goes into effect at 8 a.m. tomorrow.