Palestinian militant group Hamas claimed on Wednesday (Oct 11) to have launched an Israeli lady and her two youngsters it stated had been detained throughout fighting with Israeli forces, however Israeli tv networks rejected the announcement.
The Israeli military when contacted stated it was checking the declare.
“An Israeli settler and her two youngsters had been launched after they had been detained throughout the clashes,” Ezzedine al-Qassem Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated in a press release referring to the group’s brutal assault on Israel on Saturday.
A video footage aired by Hamas tv Al-Aqsa community confirmed a girl wearing a blue shirt with two youngsters in a barbed wired space that seemed to be between Israel and the Gaza Strip, whereas three Hamas fighters are seen strolling away.
The footage didn’t present any army personnel receiving the three, and the clip appeared to have been filmed in daylight.
AFP couldn’t confirm the authenticity of the footage independently.
Israeli tv channels rejected Hamas’s declare, saying the girl and the 2 youngsters had been by no means taken to the Gaza Strip by Hamas fighters after they launched the lethal assault.