Palestinian militant group Hamas claimed on Wednesday (Oct 11) to have released an Israeli woman and her two children it said had been detained during fighting with Israeli forces, but Israeli television netw
Palestinian militant group Hamas claimed on Wednesday to have released an Israeli woman and her two children it said had been detained during"An Israeli settler and her two children were released after they were detained during the clashes," Ezzedine al-Qassem Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said in a statement referring to the group's brutal assault on Israel on Saturday.
A video footage aired by Hamas television Al-Aqsa network showed a woman dressed in a blue shirt with two children in a barbed wired area that appeared to be between Israel and the Gaza Strip, while three Hamas fighters are seen walking away. The footage did not show any military personnel receiving the three, and the clip appeared to have been filmed in daylight.Israeli television channels rejected Hamas's claim, saying the woman and the two children were never taken to the Gaza Strip by Hamas fighters after they launched the deadly assault.
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