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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on 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.
