A Hamas guard who allegedly killed an Israeli hostage on Monday acted ‘in a vengeful manner’ contrary to instructions, Abu Obeida, spokesperson for Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades, announced on his Telegram channel on Thursday.
“After investigating the killing of an enemy prisoner by his guard, it was found that the guard assigned to him acted in a vengeful manner contrary to instructions after receiving news of the martyrdom of his two children in one of the enemy’s massacres,” the statement read.
Abu Obeida added that the incident “does not represent our ethics [when] dealing with prisoners” and that tighter instructions would be given to guards. He said such incidents had happened twice.
However, he held Israel “fully responsible for all the suffering and dangers that its [hostages] are exposed to as a result of the barbaric genocide against [the Palestinian people]”
First reports of the incident
On Monday, Abu Obeida announced that one hostage held by Hamas in Gaza was killed by the guard assigned to him, and another two female hostages were seriously wounded.
The terrorist group formed a committee to investigate the incident.
The IDF said that, at the moment, it lacks the intelligence to confirm or deny these claims.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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