Ra’am’s Mansour Abbas urges Hamas to release women, children, elderly

Gianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel

Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting in the Knesset, June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting in the Knesset, June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ra’am’s Mansour Abbas urges Hamas to release women, children, and elderly hostages.

Mansour Abbas, leader of Israel’s Islamist Ra’am party, calls on Hamas leaders to release some of the Israeli hostages.

In a message on the X platform (formerly Twitter), the politician writes: “Islamic values command us not to imprison women, children and elderly people. This is a humanitarian action that must be implemented immediately.”

The tweet is only in Hebrew. It is unknown if Abbas conveyed his message in Arabic through other channels.

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