DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The armed wing of Hamas stated on Friday it had repelled an tried hostage rescue by Israeli particular forces within the Gaza Strip, inflicting a number of navy casualties, and {that a} captive additionally died within the incident.
Israel declined remark, accusing the Palestinian Islamist faction of making an attempt psychological warfare in opposition to it.
In an announcement on Telegram, Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades stated its fighters found a particular forces unit mounting a rescue try and attacked it, killing and wounding a number of troopers. It did specify the situation of the incident.
It stated a captive Israeli soldier was killed, naming him as Sa’ar Baruch, 25. Lists of the hostages revealed by Israel establish considered one of them as Sahar Baruch, a civilian pupil who was 24 when he was seized from his residence in the course of the Oct 7 cross-border Hamas killing and kidnapping spree that triggered the warfare.
Of some 240 individuals taken hostage that day, 137 stay in Gaza captivity after others have been recovered throughout a truce. Some have been declared lifeless in absentia by Israeli authorities.
“We aren’t going to touch upon psychological warfare that Hamas continues to wage in opposition to the individuals of Israel,” Eylon Levy, an Israeli authorities spokesperson, stated in a briefing when requested concerning the Hamas account of the botched raid.
“We maintain Hamas absolutely accountable for the protection and wellbeing of these hostages,” he stated, reiterating an Israeli demand – to this point unmet – for the Purple Cross to go to them.
(Reporting by Ahmed Elimam and Dan Williams; Modifying by Christina Fincher, Peter Graff and Angus MacSwan)
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