“We make it absolutely clear that the enemy will not be able to get him out alive. If he is killed during an attempt to rescue him, the occupying army will bear responsibility for his death, after we safeguarded his life for 20 months,” Hamas said in a statement, according to Ynet. The message was delivered at 4 p.m., and Zangauker’s mother, Einav, agreed that it be made public.
The IDF said that it made no rescue attempts on Saturday. Hamas’s warning comes on the backdrop of Palestinian reports that IDF troops and Gazan terrorists were engaged in combat in the area of the European Hospital, located near Khan Yunis in the southern Strip. The IDF has been operating in the area, the same area where it killed Hamas “military wing” leader Mohammed Sinwar on May 13 in a tunnel running beneath the hospital compound. (Read More)
