[News] Abu Obeida: Ready to allow food and medicine for Israeli captives if aid flows freely to Gaza’s civilians

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  Abu Obeida: Ready to allow food and medicine for Israeli captives if
  aid flows freely to Gaza’s civilians

Sunday 3-August-2025 - https://english.palinfo.com/news/2025/08/03/344717/

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GAZA, (PIC)

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas Movement, announced 
their readiness to permit the delivery of food and medicine to Israeli 
prisoners held in Gaza, on the condition that humanitarian aid and 
medical supplies are allowed to flow freely and consistently to the 
Palestinian people in the besieged enclave.

In statements on his Telegram channel Sunday evening, Al-Qassam 
spokesperson Abu Obeida declared: “The Al-Qassam Brigades are prepared 
to positively respond to any request by the Red Cross to deliver food 
and medicine to enemy prisoners.”

However, he added, “Our acceptance of this is contingent upon opening 
humanitarian corridors naturally and permanently to ensure food and 
medicine reach our people throughout all areas of Gaza.”

He also emphasized the necessity of halting Israeli aerial operations 
during the delivery of aid packages to the captives.

Abu Obeida stressed: “The Al-Qassam Brigades do not deliberately starve 
the captives. They eat what our fighters and our people eat, they will 
not receive any special privileges amid this crime of starvation and siege.”

The statement came a day after the Brigades released a video of Israeli 
soldier Avitar David, visibly frail and weak. The footage, recorded on 
27 July, showed David appealing directly to Israeli Prime Minister 
Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of abandoning him and the other Israeli 
captives in Gaza by refusing to agree to a ceasefire deal that could 
secure their release.

In the video, David described his dire living conditions: he had not 
eaten for days and survived only on small portions of lentils and beans, 
with no access to meat, chicken, or fish.

Meanwhile, Palestinians in Gaza continue to endure catastrophic levels 
of hunger following Israel’s closure of all crossings in early March 
2024 and the imposition of severe restrictions on food, aid, fuel, and 
medicine since October 2023.

This comes as humanitarian organizations warn of an unprecedented famine 
sweeping the Strip amid Israel’s ongoing siege and military campaign, 
which has left the population trapped in what rights groups describe as 
a deliberate policy of starvation.

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