After conducting a series of interrogations of captured Hamas militants, the Israeli police and the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) said the fighters who were involved in the attacks on Southern Israel on Oct. 7 were told to kidnap civilians in exchange for shelter and financial compensation.
The ISA released video footage of the interrogations featuring six captured fighters from Hamas' military wing"Al-Qassam" and the group's special forces unit"Nukhba," detailing their personal accounts of the Oct. 7 attacks.
One fighter said that they received instructions to"cleanse the houses and kidnap as many as possible." Meanwhile, another fighter said the senior commanders of the military wing of Hamas"tricked and fooled them." However, the two recently freed hostages, 85 and 79-year-old women, said their husbands remain in captivity along with over 200 others in Gaza.
The release of hostages was facilitated by the International Red Cross with the support and mediation by officials of Qatar and Egypt. According to the United Nations, 1.4 million Palestians, majority civilians out of the 2.4 million population, mostly children, have been displaced within the area. Nearly 590,000 are taking shelter in schools and other buildings that are still standing.
Israel has also simultaneously cut most of Gaza's water, electricity, fuel, and limited its access to food supplies. In a UN meeting, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the area.
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