Al-Qassam Brigades: Transfer of Israeli Prisoner’s Body Delayed
The English section of webangah News Agency,citing Quds News Network via Mehr News Agency,reported that the izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades,Hamas’s military wing,announced in a statement a delay in handing over the body of a captured Israeli soldier due to ceasefire breaches by the occupying regime.
The al-Qassam statement said: “Today, during a search operation inside one of the tunnels in southern Gaza Strip, we found the body of one of the captive occupiers. Due to violations committed by the occupiers,we are postponing its transfer that was scheduled for this evening.”
al-Qassam Brigades warned: “We caution that any escalation from the Israeli regime’s side will hinder search and recovery efforts for its captives’ bodies and cause further delays in reclaiming thier killed personnel.”
earlier today, Hamas’s military wing stated it had located another Israeli captive’s body inside a tunnel in Gaza and intended to hand it over to International Commitee of the Red Cross representatives at 8 p.m. local time.
