Hamas blames Israeli airstrikes for death of six hostages in Gaza

www.middleeastmonitor.com Just a moment...

Izzat al-Rishq’s remarks came shortly after the Israeli army announced that it had discovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza, asserting that they had been killed by Hamas.

“The ones who kill our people daily are the Israeli colonizers with American weapons. The hostages found in Gaza were not killed by us but by the relentless Zionist bombardment,” Rishq said in a statement.

He further criticized the U.S., saying, “If President [Joe] Biden truly cares about the lives of Israeli hostages, he should cease his support for this enemy with money and weapons and pressure Israel to end its aggression immediately.”

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Makes sense. I was wondering if that was the case. Still sad for the families of those hostages 😢
- Well, at least it's now confirmed from a reputable source what actually happened.
  
  Edit: I refer to my earlier comment and thank Poe for his prescience.
  
  The US state department is not a reputable source. But even worse your link is not relevant to this post.
Weren't the bodies found with multiple gunshots to the head, according to the autopsy?

The Israeli Health Ministry said autopsies determined the hostages were shot at close range and died on Thursday or Friday.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/netanyahu-pushes-back-against-massive-protests-over-gaza-and-hostages-no-one-will-preach-to-me

In other articles, the ministry says the autopsy revealed gunshot wounds to the head.
- Didn't hear head, did hear gun shot wounds in the news report I just heard about the general strike against the war in Israel. Sounds like a lot of people there blame netanyahu for the hostage's death
  
  I read earlier this morning that the autopsy revealed multiple headshot wounds that were obviously fatal. I agree with you on the last part-- I saw an interview last night with the brother of one of the victims and he was quite critical of Netanyahu, pretty much saying it's entirely his fault.
If Hamas truly cared about the lives of it's people they would return the hostages, disarm, and surrender.
- If israel truly cared about the lives of it’s people they would accept a ceasefire.
- israel is giving no incentive to do so; they torture prisoners
- And not use hospitals and community centers as their battle grounds
Sorry, did the person who took hostages just say "if you care about the lives" you should stop supporting Israel?

This is why I still support Israel. Fuck these terrorists.
- How many more children have to die before you reconsider your support of Israel?
  
  Every one of them until they stop attacking Israel and especially taking hostages.
  
  If your kids got take hostage, would you limit what you would do to get them back?
- Maybe ask israel to stop killing the hostages then.
  
  Rishq emphasized that Hamas had been more concerned about the lives of the hostages than Biden himself, citing Hamas’ agreement to a cease-fire proposal and the UN Security Council’s resolution, both of which were rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
  
  Hamas could release them any time they want.
  
  They took them for a reason, to use them against Israel.
- This war has terrorists on both sides. The Gaza population are caught in the middle and it's entirely unfair. In retaliation of an awful terrorist event, Israel have flattened an entire country.
  
  In comparison Israel is state terrorism supported, armed and funded from West.
  
  According to international law, Palestinians, including Hamas cannot be terrorists because they have an inherent human right to self -determination and resistance:
  
  In relevant part, the resolution not only went on to affirm the right “to self-determination, freedom and independence […] of peoples forcibly deprived of that right,[…] particularly peoples under colonial and racist regimes or other forms of alien domination” but noted the right of the occupied to “struggle … and to seek and receive support” in that effort. source
  
  Palestine is not a country and has never been a country.
- Live is easy when it's only black and white eh?
- Are we at the point where we're believing the word of random people from Hamas? Of course they blamed it on Israel. What kind of a new source repeats these claims without any factual checks?
  
  You're getting downvoted, but you're right.
  
  https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/middle-east-monitor/
  
  According to Andrew Gilligan, the Middle East Monitor promotes a strongly pro-Muslim Brotherhood and pro-Hamas viewpoint. Anshel Pfeffer described MEMO as a “conspiracy theory-peddling anti-Israel organisation”.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Monitor
  
  MEMO is regarded as an outlet for the Muslim Brotherhood and its website strongly promotes pro-Hamas related content.
  
  MEMO is financed by the State of Qatar. It is led by Daud Abdullah, former assistant secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain and the current director of British Muslim Initiative.
  
  I don't get why this source is allowed to be posted here.

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