Hamas Says PM Netanyahu And President Biden Are Responsible For The Death Of A Hostage In Gaza

Israeli military land operations in Gaza. (Source: Israel Defense Forces)

JAKARTA - Palestinian militant group Hamas said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden were responsible for the deaths of hostages in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.

According to the Palestinian Information Center, member of the Political Bureau of Hamas Izzat al-Rishq stressed on Sunday that the responsibility for the deaths of hostages detained by militants in Gaza lies in the cabinet of the Zionist regime, which insists on continuing to commit genocide and circumventing ceasefire agreements, as well as the US Government for its support for the Israeli regime and its participation in the war against the Gaza people.

"If President Biden cares about the lives of the prisoners, he must stop providing financial and military support to the Israeli regime and pressure the regime to immediately stop the war," Al-Rishq said.

On Sunday morning, regime soldiers announced the discovery of the bodies of six hostages in Rafah, who were arrested on October 7, 2023, during Operation Hurricane Al-Aqsa.

The White House announced that one of the prisoners killed was a citizen of the United States.

He argues that those who will pay the price for brutal crimes and genocide for 11 months against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are PM Netanyahu, his hardline cabinet, and all supporters of the war against Gaza.

The Hamas official considers the US Government and President Biden personally responsible for the daily crimes of the Israeli occupation regime and genocide in Gaza, resulting in more than 150,000 people being martyred and injured, 69 percent of whom are women and children.

It is known that about 1,200 people were killed and 250 others arrested as hostages, as a result of an attack by a militant group led by Hamas into Israel's southern region on October 7, 2023, according to Israeli calculations.

That was in response to Israeli land and air operations. Health authorities in Gaza announced on Sunday that the death toll of Palestinians since the latest conflict broke out had reached 40,738 people, while injured victims reached 94,154 people, as quoted by Xinhua.