A top Hamas official claimed Thursday “no one has any idea” how many of the remaining 120 Israeli hostages in Gaza are still alive.
A top Hamas official claimed Thursday “no one has any idea” how many of the remaining 120 Israeli hostages in Gaza are still alive.
Osama Hamdan also addressed the recent cease-fire proposal rejected by Hamas that called for some of the hostages held by the terrorist group to be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails during an interview with CNN.
While Israel believes more than 70 of the 120 hostages are still alive, Hamdan claimed he didn’t know what the correct figure was.
“I don’t have any idea about that,” he told CNN from a Beirut office. “No one has an idea about this.”
He then shockingly blamed Israel for the suffering of the four hostages recently rescued by Israeli forces after a doctor said they were abused mentally and physically.
