Israel, "by committing horrific massacres, was able to free some its hostages, yet it killed some others during the operation," al-Qassam Brigades' spokesperson, Abu Ubaida, said in a statement on his Telegram channel.
The actress Israeli-Palestinian Lama Tator, who hosts an Arabic culture program on #Keshet, shared a photo of Argamani after her release from captivity, commenting on appearance after long months in #Hamas captivity and the massacre the IDF carried out to release her and the others.
"Are these the faces of a hostage for nine months?" the actress wrote in a story she shared on social media. "Are her eyebrows more groomed than mine? Her skin? Her hair? Her nails? What's going on? And for her they need to kill and slaughter children, women, and innocents?"
[cont’d] Gaza civilian deaths in Israel's hostage raid may be war crimes, UN says
[…] "The manner in which the raid was conducted in such a densely populated area seriously calls into question whether the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution - as set out under the laws of war - were respected by the Israeli forces," Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the U.N. human rights office, said.
[cont'd] I Tried, but I Couldn't Feel Happy About Israel's Deadly Hostage Rescuel (Odeh Bisharat)
How can one rejoice when the price is hundreds of dead?
[...] Israel's policy is always one of force. After all, for months now, proposals for an exchange of prisoners and hostages have been on the table, but Israel has refused. That's because the man who makes the decisions here, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has an interest in continuing the war.
[...] His (political) lifeline parallels the war's lifeline. And if, heaven forbid, the war dies down, he'll find himself outside the pages of history. He is living on (and playing for) borrowed time. He disappears when hostages' bodies are found, but races frantically to meet with live hostages who have been freed.
[...] It's all transparent, and it's all ridiculous, yet people are dancing around him. Isn't it high time to stop this horrifying dance? Just don't ask National Unity Party chairman Benny Gantz that question.
[cont'd] Israel pounds central Gaza as Palestinian death toll in hostage rescue raid rises to 274
[....] Israeli forces pounded central Gaza anew on Sunday, a day after killing 274 Palestinians during a hostage rescue raid, and tanks advanced into further areas of #Rafah in an apparent bid to seal off part of the southern city, residents and Hamas media said.
"The rescue operation (massacre) may give Netanyahu temporary relief at home."
"US intelligence was reportedly involved in supporting the Israeli mission (massacre), and the president, Joe Biden, welcomed the return of the four hostages."
[cont'd] Hamas: The soldiers who participated in the Nuseirat rescue operation disguised themselves as displaced persons
Hamas's information office said that the soldiers who participated in the hostage rescue operation yesterday entered the #Nuseirat camp in civilian vehicles and under disguise, pretending to be displaced persons. According to the office, during the operation, 89 inhabited houses and homes were damaged.
On social media, pictures were posted yesterday of a civilian truck, appearing to be a truck for transferring humanitarian aid, which was allegedly used by Israeli security forces to reach the center of the refugee camp.
According to the testimony of a Palestinian resident who was injured during the rescue operation, the Israeli soldiers wore civilian clothes and looked like displaced persons fleeing the bombardment, and it seems this is how they managed to reach the buildings where the hostages were being held.
The Arabic spokesman for the IDF, Avichay Adraee, denied the claims and said that the #IDF did not use aid vehicles, nor did it use the American naval jetty during the operation.
[cont'd] U.S. denies humanitarian pier used during IDF Gaza hostage rescue operation
The U.S. Central Command denied that the U.S. humanitarian pier built off the coast of #Gaza was used during the #IDF's hostage rescue operation in Gaza on Saturday, which allegedly involved the killing of more than 200 Palestinian civilians (number of #Hamas militants killed can not be verified).