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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Abu Obeida: Captive area surrounded, you won\u2019t retrieve him alive</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time">June 7, 2025</div>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><p>Al-Qassam
Brigades warns "Israel" over captive Matan Zangauker as the Palestinian
Resistance intensifies operations against Israeli occupation forces in
Gaza.</p><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
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Al-Qassam Brigades spokesperson Abu Obeida during a public address, March 6, 2025 (Al-Qassam Military Media)
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<p>Abu Obeida, the military spokesman for Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades, has stated that "Israel" will be held fully responsible if <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/poll-shows-most-israelis-doubt-gaza-war-will-free-captives?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Israeli%20captive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">captive Matan Zangauker dies during any</a> rescue attempt, while Palestinian Resistance fighters continue to confront advancing Israeli occupation forces in Gaza.</p>
<p>Abu Obeida revealed that Israeli occupation forces are surrounding <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-families-fear-partial-gaza-deal-will-leave-captives?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Israeli%20captive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a location where Israeli captive</a> Matan Zangauker is being held, however, he warned in a statement on his Telegram channel today that Israeli troops would not <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-captives--families-accuse-netanyahu-of--psychologica?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Israeli%20captive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">be able to retrieve him alive</a>, holding the Israeli military fully responsible if he is killed during any rescue attempt.</p>
<p>In the meantime, Palestinian Resistance factions <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/resistance-launch-coordinated-attacks-on-israeli-forces-in-g?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=%23Gaza" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continue to face Israeli occupation forces</a> in Gaza, launching various operations against Israeli troops across the Strip.</p>
<h2>Palestinian Resistance continues to strike IOF</h2>
<p>The al-Quds Brigades announced they <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/palestinian-resistance-confronts-israeli-forces-in-eastern-g?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Palestinian%20Resistance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shelled a gathering of Israeli</a> soldiers and vehicles advancing near the eastern Satar area, northeast of Khan Younis, with a barrage of 60mm mortar shells.</p>
<p>Additionally, the al-Quds Brigades announced that its fighters had
successfully ambushed yesterday an Israeli unit that was sheltering
inside a house in Tal al-Zaatar, east of the Jabalia refugee camp.</p>
<p>The al-Mujahideen Brigades, on its part, revealed that its fighters, upon returning from the frontlines, confirmed they had <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/al-quds-brigades-intensify-operations-against-israeli-forces?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=Al-Quds%20Brigades" target="_blank" rel="noopener">targeted a gathering of "Zionist enemy forces"</a>
east of al-Shujaiya in northern Gaza with mortar shells, inflicting
direct casualties. The brigades stated that Israeli forces had confirmed
at least one soldier was wounded in the attack.</p>
<p>The Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades announced that its fighters, upon
returning from combat, confirmed they had successfully targeted
gatherings of Zionist enemy forces stationed north of Beit Lahia <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-resistance-launch-rockets-toward-askalan--asdod-amid-fi?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=rockets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with two 107mm rockets</a>. They framed the operation as part of their ongoing response to the occupation's crimes against their people.</p>
<h2>'Israel' acknowledges casualties</h2>
<p>Meanwhile, the Israeli military acknowledged on Friday that four of
its soldiers, including operatives from the elite Commando Brigade and
the engineering unit Yahalom, <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/al-qassam-ambush-israeli-unit-in-gaza--hit-bulldozer?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=%23Gaza" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were killed in two separate ambushes</a> by Palestinian Resistance fighters.</p>
<p>Earlier, Israeli media had reported the <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/palestinian-resistance-fights-on---israel--confirms-elite-tr">deaths of 5 soldiers and injuries to 12 others</a>
in Khan Younis, caused by the explosion of a booby-trapped building
they had taken shelter in. According to the reports, the Israeli troops
followed standard clearance procedures but missed the hidden explosives
in the building. </p>
<p>Israeli media characterized this week as among the hardest since last
December/January, reporting more than eight soldier fatalities within
72 hours.</p></div></div></div>
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