Qatar seeks release of Israeli detainees for Palestinian women, children

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GAZA — Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, addressed on Monday a Qatari effort aimed at releasing Israeli detainees in exchange for the release of 200 Palestinian children and 75 Palestinian women held by Israel.اضافة اعلان

In a recorded statement, Abu Obeida explained, "There was an effort by Qatari mediators last week to release detainees from the enemy, including women and children, in exchange for releasing 200 Palestinian children and 75 Palestinian women—the total number of detainees until November 11, comprising women and children held by the enemy."

He noted that Israel requested "the release of one hundred women and children from the enemy's detainees in Gaza."

In response, Hamas informed the mediators that "we can agree to a ceasefire lasting five days, which includes releasing 50 of the women and children detained in Gaza, with the possibility of reaching a final number of 70. This is considering the complexity of the presence of these detainees with multiple factions and entities.

 The ceasefire would encompass a halt to hostilities and allow the entry of relief and humanitarian aid for all our people throughout the Gaza Strip," according to Abu Obeida.

However, "the enemy continues to procrastinate and evade payment of this obligation, dismissing not only the lives of Palestinian civilians but also disregarding the lives of our prisoners," according to Abu Obeida.

In this context, he mentioned the killing of "the enlisted prisoner Fa'oul Asiayani, who was captured alive and recorded an appeal for her release at the beginning of the war but was killed in an enemy bombardment days ago."

The Al-Qassam Brigades posted a video of the Israeli enlisted prisoner before her death, as well as images after her death, according to the brigade's Telegram account.

Abu Obeida warned, "We caution the enemy, and anyone concerned with the issue of prisoners and detainees that the continuation of the aerial and ground aggression inevitably puts the lives of these prisoners at great risk every hour, and we have warned before it happened."


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