Yair Rosenberg
Hamas is now essentially admitting that it executed the 6 Israeli hostages to prevent them from being rescued. But it is also lying when it says this is a new policy. After Israeli forces recovered four hostages in June, Hamas opened fire on the retreating rescue convoy, preferring to try and kill the hostages (and any Palestinians in the ensuing crossfire) than let them escape. They've never cared about the lives of the hostages or the people of Gaza. Those are all just chits they cash in for their own power.
Barak Ravid
🚨Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for Hamas military wing Al-Qassam Brigades commented for the first time on the murder of the six hostages and seemed to confirm it. "We say to everyone clearly that after the Nuseirat incident (a successful IDF hostage rescue operation that took place several weeks ago), new instructions were issued to the Mujahideen assigned to guard the prisoners regarding dealing with them if the occupation army approached their place of detention", he said in a statement on Monday