Israeli Bombing Detention Site, Hamas Says British Hostages Injured In Death

Israel bombarded Gaza, Palestine, which is also inhabited by civilians in retaliation for the recent Hamas attack. (Wikimedia Commons-Tasnim News Agency)

JAKARTA - A British citizen hostage (WN) was killed as a result of injuries affected by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. The 51-year-old hostage died on Saturday 11 May.

"A 51-year-old prisoner, Nadav Popplewell, who has British citizenship, died from the injuries he sustained as a result of the bombing of his place of detention by a Zionist aircraft," read a written statement by the Palestinian Hamas movement's military wing, Al Qassam Brigade, Sunday, May 12, which was confiscated by Antara.

Israel's attack comes more than a month ago, but Popplewell's condition is known to have worsened recently, and he died of inability to receive intensive medical treatment amid barriers to humanitarian access imposed by Israel, the movement said.

Earlier on Tuesday 7 May, the Al Qassam Brigade said that another hostage, American citizenEO Weinstein, was also killed by the injuries he sustained in the bombing by the Zionist nation.

In early March, Al Qassam Brigade spokesman Abu Obaida said the death toll among the hostages from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza reached more than 70 people.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a large-scale rocket attack on Israel and violated the border, attacking civilian environments and military bases. Nearly 1,200 people in Israel were killed and about 240 others kidnapped in the attack.

Israel launched a counter-attack, ordered a total blockade of Gaza, and began ground attacks on the Palestinian enclave with the aim of eliminating Hamas fighters and rescuing the hostages.

More than 34,900 people have been killed so far as a result of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, according to local authorities. More than 100 hostages are believed to be still being held by Hamas in Gaza.