‘Netanyahu Has Decided To Sacrifice Hostages By Resuming War’: Hamas

Last Updated:March 18, 2025, 10:08 IST

A senior Hamas official accused Israel of sacrificing hostages by resuming strikes in Gaza, breaking calm since January, and claimed Netanyahu is using the conflict to distract from internal issues.

Palestinians and Hamas militants gathering around Red Cross vehicles on the day of the release of Israeli hostages. (Reuters)

A senior Hamas official has said Israel has decided to “sacrifice" its hostages by re-launching massive strikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, shattering a period of relative calm since a January truce.

“Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to resume war is a decision to sacrifice the occupation’s prisoners and impose a death sentence on them," Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq said in a statement, adding that the Israeli premier was using the fighting as a political “lifeboat" to distract from internal crises.

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