[News] Hamas: Prisoner exchange is the only way to return Israeli captives alive

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Hamas: Prisoner exchange is the only way to return Israeli captives alive

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+ -GAZA, (PIC)

The Hamas Movement has emphasized that the exchange of prisoners is the
only way for the Israeli captives to return alive to their families.

In a statement on Thursday, Hamas warned that any Israeli attempt to
retrieve captives by military force or return to war would only result in
their killing.

“During the ceremony that was held for the handover of prisoners’ bodies,
al-Qassam Brigades and the resistance were keen on preserving the
inviolability of the dead and considering their families’ feelings,
although the occupation army did not care about their safety while they
were still alive,” Hamas said.

“We preserved the lives of those prisoners, provided them with what we
could, and treated them humanely, but their army killed them along with
their captors,” Hamas added.

Hamas affirmed that the Israeli army killed its prisoners by bombing their
detention places, holding the Israeli government fully responsible for
their deaths after it repeatedly obstructed the efforts to reach a swap
deal.

“Criminal Netanyahu, today, is pretending to cry over the bodies of his
prisoners who returned to him in coffins, in a blatant attempt to evade
responsibility for their killing in front of his audience,” Hamas added.

“We would have preferred to return your sons to you alive, but your army
and government leaders chose to kill them instead of bringing them back.
They killed alongside them 17,881 Palestinian children during their
criminal attacks on Gaza. We know that you are aware whom is truly
responsible for their departure. You are a victim of leaders who do not
care about their citizens,” Hamas said, addressing the families of the
slain captives who were handed over today to the Red Cross.

On Thursday morning, al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas and other resistance
groups handed over the bodies of four Israeli captives to Red Cross
representatives.

The delivered bodies included a mother and her two young children from the
Bibas family, who were killed during one of the brutal Israeli attacks on
Gaza during the war.

The handover of these bodies took place at the Bani Suheila cemetery in
eastern Khan Yunis, south of Gaza, which had been destroyed and defiled by
the Israeli occupation army during the war.

Later, Red Cross vehicles transferred the coffins to an Israeli military
point in the Gaza Strip.
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