Hamas pubblica le foto di due ostaggi israeliani e di due soldati uccisi
Militari uccisi in guerra 2014, civili entrati a Gaza un anno fa
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Due cittadini israeliani che erano entrati a Gaza un anno fa sono tenuti in ostaggio da Hamas che ha anche i resti di due soldati israeliani uccisi durante la guerra del 2014. Lo riporta il Times of Israel. Hamas ha pubblicato le foto dei quattro israeliani: i due soldati uccisi Oron Shaul e Hadar Goldin, e il 29enne Avraham Mengistu e un beduino del Neghev di cui non è stato rivelato il nome. Questi ultimi due, secondo le famiglie, hanno entrambi problemi mentali.
In un messaggio divulgato la scorsa notte, il portavoce dell'ala militare di Hamas, Abu Obeida, ha affermato che il premier israeliano "mente al suo popolo ed inganna le famiglie dei prigionieri". Abu Obeida ha aggiunto che al momento attuale fra Hamas ed Israele non c'è alcuna trattativa per uno scambio di prigionieri.
Fonti giornalistiche a Gaza aggiungono che una cinquantina di militanti palestinesi - espulsi per volere di Israele dalla Cisgiordania a Gaza nella seconda Intifada, in seguito all' assedio del 2002 della Basilica della Natività a Betlemme - hanno oggi chiesto a Hamas di essere inclusi in qualsiasi futura trattativa con lo Stato ebraico. Il loro obiettivo è di poter tornare alle loro residenze in Cisgiordania.
Il messaggio di Abu Obeida ha già avuto eco nei siti web in Israele, ma finora non c'è stato alcun commento ufficiale.
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Gaza terror group publishes photos of the four, says Netanyahu ‘lying’ to Israelis about talks to free captives
www.timesofisrael.com
Hamas on Friday publicly
acknowledged for the first time that it was holding four Israelis: two
Israeli citizens who crossed into Gaza on their own accord and the
bodies of two soldiers killed in 2014’s Gaza war
The group published photos of the four:
slain soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin, 29-year-old Avraham
Mengistu, and a Bedouin-Israeli citizen whose name has not been released
for publication.
Hamas denied reports in recent days that
Israel and Hamas may be nearing a prisoner swap for the four, with a
spokesman for the group claimed the reports were misdirection by the
Israeli government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Netanyahu is lying to his people” and
“deceiving the families of the captive soldiers,” spokesman Abu Obeida
said in a statement.
“There are no talks or negotiations relating
to the prisoners. The enemy will not get information about the four
without paying a clear price before and after the negotiations,” he
added.
On Monday the London-based daily Asharq
al-Awsat quoted a source in the Gaza-based Islamist group as saying that
though there were currently no direct negotiations between Hamas and
Israel, international mediators were trying to broker a prisoner swap.
Israel and Hamas do not officially maintain
direct contacts, and any deal would have to be mediated by international
parties. In 2011, kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released
in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian detainees, in a deal brokered with the
help of a German diplomat.
Hamas has reportedly refused to even entertain
the possibility of negotiating a swap until Israel releases all
Palestinians rearrested after being freed in the 2011 deal for Shalit.
The Islamist group is also demanding the talks be held separately from all other issues, according to the report.
IDF soldiers Oron Shaul (left) and Hadar Goldin (Flash90)
The captivity of the two citizens is viewed by
Israel as a humanitarian issue unrelated to the negotiations over the
bodies of the two deceased soldiers, an official told Walla news last
July.
While a senior Palestinian official based in the Gaza Strip denied that the group was holding Mengistu,
Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal last year alluded to Mengistu and
the second man when discussing Israelis held by his organization.
At a rally in Gaza last July, Hamas displayed a
huge model fist holding a mock-up of Shaul’s ID card and two other IDF
dog tags with question marks on them, implying that it holds two
Israelis captive.
Mengistu, who suffered from unspecified mental issues, was rejected for IDF service.
A model fist holds three mock Israeli army dog tags at a Hamas rally in Gaza, July 8, 2015. (YouTube screenshot)
Little is known of the whereabouts of
Mengistu, who climbed over the Gaza security fence in September last
year. Family members have described him as “unwell” and urged Hamas to
consider his condition and return him to Israel immediately.
Mengistu’s brother, Gashao, traveled to Geneva in February to plead his family’s case before European officials.
Avraham Mengistu, 28, who Israel believes is being held captive by Hamas. (Facebook)
“When Hamas is asking for humanitarian
assistance, and contributions to the people in Gaza, then the
international community should tell them: Don’t expect us to assist you
when you are violating the same rights of the other side,” Gashao said.
The second hostage, an Israeli from the
Bedouin village of Hura, reportedly entered Gaza via the Erez Crossing
in April. According to an Israeli official, the man has mild
psychological issues and has a history of entering Jordan, Egypt and
Gaza.
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