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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Abu Obeida: Israel Targeted Captive after Agreement Announcement</h1>January 16, 2025</div>
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Abu Obeid accused Israel of deliberately killing the captives. (Design: Palestine Chronicle)
<p><strong>By <a href="https://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/palestine-chronicle-staff" title="Display all articles for Palestine Chronicle Staff">Palestine Chronicle Staff</a></strong> </p>
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<h3>Abu Obeida warns that Israeli strikes endanger the Gaza ceasefire deal and its prisoner exchange agreement.</h3>
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<p><span>The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, have warned
that Israeli airstrikes targeting Gaza could jeopardize the safety of
Israeli detainees ahead of the implementation of the prisoner exchange
deal set to begin on Sunday. </span></p>
<p><span>Abu Obeida, the spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, stated on
Thursday via Telegram that the Israeli army targeted a location where
one of the female prisoners included in the deal’s first phase was being
held. </span></p>
<p><span>“Any aggression and bombing at this stage by the enemy could turn the freedom of a prisoner into a tragedy,” he cautioned. </span></p>
<p><span>The fate of the prisoner following the reported attack remains unclear. </span></p>
<p><span>The ceasefire agreement, reached on Wednesday, includes the
exchange of 33 Israeli prisoners for hundreds of Palestinian detainees
held in Israeli prisons. The agreement is expected to take effect on
Sunday. </span></p>
<p><span>However, hours after the announcement, Israeli aircraft carried
out intensive raids across Gaza, resulting in numerous casualties,
including fatalities and injuries. </span></p>
<p><span>In response, Palestinian Resistance forces shelled Israeli positions along the Netzarim axis, south of Gaza City. </span></p>
<p><span>The developments have raised concerns about the durability of the ceasefire agreement amid ongoing violence.</span></p>
<h4><strong>Israeli Massacres</strong></h4>
<p><span>Israeli warplanes launched a series of intense <a href="https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israeli-airstrikes-kill-dozens-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire-deal/">airstrikes</a> on Gaza City overnight, resulting in dozens of deaths, just hours after a ceasefire agreement was announced for the Gaza Strip.</span></p>
<p><span>According to the Civil Defense in Gaza, since the announcement
of the ceasefire agreement, Israeli occupation forces have killed 71
people, including more than 19 children, and 24 women in Gaza City alone
while over 200 Palestinians have been wounded.</span></p>
<p><span>Palestinian media outlets reported that two massacres occurred
in under an hour, one in Al-Jalaa Street and the other in Sheikh Radwan
neighborhood.</span></p>
<p><span>According to Al-Jazeera’s correspondent, 18 Palestinians,
including women and children, were killed and others injured when an
airstrike targeted a home near the Engineers’ Syndicate on Al-Jalaa
Street in central Gaza.</span></p>
<p><span>In a simultaneous strike, 12 people were killed and others
injured when a residential area in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, in
northwestern Gaza City, was bombed.</span></p>
<p><span>Despite the announcement of a ceasefire agreement, which is set
to take effect next Sunday, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have escalated.</span></p>
<p><em>(PC, AJA)</em></p>
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