Striking claim from Hamas regarding the number of 'Israeli captives'! "More than Netanyahu thinks..."

Abu Obeida, spokesperson for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated in a broadcast on Al-Aqsa TV that the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation, launched to defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Palestinian prisoners, is ongoing.

Stating that Israel is facing a deep crisis due to the attack, Abu Obeida claimed that dozens of Israelis have been taken captive and that "the number of Israeli captives is many times higher than what Netanyahu thinks."

Abu Obeida stated that Israeli captives are present throughout the Gaza Strip and expressed that whatever Israel does to the people of Gaza will also be applied to the Israeli captives.

Pointing to Netanyahu's threats, Abu Obeida used the expression, "Are you threatening us with an army that fell before us like locusts, with hundreds of them leaving their weapons and tanks in front of our resistance fighters and fleeing?"

WHAT HAPPENED?

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced yesterday morning that they had launched a comprehensive attack on Israel called "Al-Aqsa Flood."

While thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza toward Israel, armed groups entered residential areas in the region.

The Israeli army also announced that it had launched attacks on the Gaza Strip with dozens of warplanes.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that 232 people had lost their lives and 1,697 people had been injured in Israel's attacks on Gaza.

In the Israeli press, it was reported that 300 Israelis had died so far in the attacks launched by Hamas's armed wing, and the number of injured across the country had risen to 1,590.