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Thursday, October 17, 2024
Knesset speaker urges Hamas fighters to throw down their weapons, return the hostages
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana tweets an Arabic-language message to members of the Hamas terrorist organization, warning them to put down their arms following the apparent death of their leader Yahya Sinwar.
“A year ago he was victorious. Now he is eliminated. Where will you be in a year?” he asks, alongside a pair of photos of Yahya Sinwar. The first shows the architect of October 7 sitting and smiling in an armchair amid ruins in Gaza in 2021, while the other is an unverified photo appearing to show his corpse.
“Return the hostages, put down your weapons, save your lives,” Ohana tweets.
