It is feared that Hamas terrorists will seek to make the most of the 'unprecedented' hostage crisis in Israel
It is feared that Hamas terrorists will seek to make the most of the ‘unprecedented’ hostage crisis in Israel
“With an escalation of attacks in Gaza the situation for the hostages is tricky,” Nomi Bar-Yaacov, an associate fellow at think-tank Chatham House, toldIn the longer term, it is likely terror groups will seek to negotiate the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israel in exchange for their hostages. “Hamas have already announced that four Israeli hostages have been killed in Israeli air raids, although this information has not been verified by any other source yet,” she said.
“Israel hasn’t seen a terrorist hostage taking of civilians on this scale before, unless you go back to the Entebbe hostage taking, “Mr Wilson told“The strategy behind the assault on Israel and the seizing of so many Israelis is not known. However, Hamas is known for using civilians as human shields to deter attacks on its terrorist infrastructure. The group could well attempt to use Israeli civilian hostages as human shields.
Two other UK nationals – Jack Marlowe, 26, and Dan Darlington, a photographer – are believed to be missing. But hostages are likely to be smuggled back in through the myriad of underground tunnels which lie beneath Gaza. “They’ve launched rockets at the very heart of Israel, there’s sirens in Jerusalem, this is ongoing and clearly every time Israel pounds Gaza there will be a knock-on effect on the hostages
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