Outrage As Hamas Kill Two Israelis Hostages After Releasing Videos
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israeli hostages Itay Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi, among more than 240 people kidnapped Oct. 7, were murdered by Hamas and their bodies are being held by the militant group in Gaza, the Kibbutz Be’eri said.
Earlier this week Hamas released videos showing Sharabi, 53, Svirsky, 38, and Noa Argamani, 26, urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the military mission in Gaza. They say they don’t have enough food or water and are endangered by Israel’s airstrikes. The videos include a shot of what appears to be the bodies of Svirsky and Sharabi, and Argamani saying they were killed and she was wounded by airstrikes.
The White House accused Hamas of “cruelty and barbarism” for releasing the videos.
“The loss and suffering of the families is enormous and unimaginable,” the kibbutz said. “We call on the war Cabinet to do everything to return the members of the Sharabi family home as well as the other abductees.”
Medicines for hostages reach Gaza
Medical supplies for hostages arrived in Gaza on Wednesday, the Qatar Foreign Ministry said, after a last-minute snag on the deal to transport them was resolved. As the plane with the supplies arrived in Egypt, Netanyahu’s office said Israeli authorities would inspect the cargo. That had not been part of the deal, although Israel has inspected everything bound for Gaza.
The agreement requires that, for every box of medicines provided for the hostages, 1,000 boxes and humanitarian aid will be sent in for Palestinians, Hamas says. The shipment comes after Qatar and France mediated the first agreement between the combatants since November’s weeklong cease-fire that resulted in the release of more than 100 hostages and a few hundred Palestinian detainees from Israeli jails.
“Prime Minister Netanyahu conveys his appreciation to all those who have assisted in the endeavor,” his office said in a statement, adding that “Israel insists that all the medicines reach their destination.”
Netanyahu says war could last another year or more
Netanyahu, citing recent assessments of the Hamas war, said the conflict could continue into 2025 and once again vowed to keep fighting until Hamas has been destroyed, Israel media outlets reported Wednesday.
Netanyahu revealed the assessments at a meeting with leaders of settlements and kibbutzim near the Gaza border, N12 News reported. The revelations come as the U.S. and other nations press Israel to wrap up its military operations in Gaza, which the Gaza Health Ministry said Wednesday has now killed more than 24,000 Palestinians.
Netanyahu vowed to rebuild the damaged Israeli communities and repeated his pledge that the Israeli military will not relent until it has crushed Hamas, the militant group that led the raid on Israel border communities Oct. 7. More than 1,200 people were killed in the raid and more than 240 were taken back to Gaza as hostages, where more than half of them remain.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, speaking at at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, warned fighting could intensify if Israel doesn’t halt “genocide” in Gaza and the West Bank.
Pakistan-Iran relations on edge after Iranian airstrike
Pakistan recalled its ambassador from Iran and suspended high-level visits Wednesday following what it described as an “unprovoked” violation of its airspace by Iran on Tuesday. Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch also said the Iranian ambassador to Pakistan, currently out of the country, might not return any time soon.
Iran said Tuesday that it “obliterated through precision missile and drone strikes” strongholds of the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adls in Pakistan’s southwest Baluchistan province. Pakistan said two young children died in the assault.
Iran blamed the militants for an attack last month near its Pakistan border that killed 11 Iranian police officers. Baloch chastised Iran for failing to communicate its plan despite “several channels of communication” between the two nations.
“Pakistan reserves the right to respond to this illegal act,” she said. “The responsibility for the consequences will lie squarely with Iran.”
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on Jan 18 2024. Filed under International, National.
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