The army wing of the group confirmed the information after an investigation though it didn’t say when the prisoners died.
The army wing of the Palestinian group Hamas says seven different prisoners held within the Gaza Strip have died because of Israel's shelling of the besieged enclave.
Abu Obeida, the spokesman for Hamas' Qassam Brigades, made the assertion on the Telegram app on Friday.
The group stated it confirmed the information after investigations carried out in latest weeks after dropping contact with the fighters who held the prisoners.
Hamas captured round 250 Israelis and foreigners throughout its October 7 assaults in southern Israel, of whom round 130 are believed to nonetheless be held captive.
The Qassam Brigade stated three of the prisoners talked about in Friday's assertion had been recognized, however didn’t make clear when the seven had died.
The group stated the whole variety of prisoners killed because of Israeli army operations “might exceed” 70.
“Second precedence” for Israel
The deaths of the prisoners present that Israel's authorities considers them a “secondary precedence,” Omar Ashour, a professor of safety and army research on the Doha Institute for Graduate Research, instructed Al Jazeera.
“U [Israeli military’s] The primary precedence is to destroy the armed wing of Hamas and the opposite Palestinian factions, to undermine them in any manner, even when it prices the lives of a few of the hostages,” Ashour stated.
The deaths reported on Friday additionally point out that Israel's warfare technique has not achieved its targets, he stated, including: “We’re within the 147th day of the warfare, and there are nonetheless extra hostages dying, nearly all of them from Israeli hearth.”
Throughout a week-long Qatari-brokered truce in November, 105 prisoners had been launched in trade for 150 Palestinian ladies and youngsters held in Israeli prisons.
“The one solution to launch the hostages safely is the best way it was carried out earlier than – by way of some kind of negotiations. The Israeli authorities is aware of that / … They only don't wish to admit it,” Ashour stated.
Truce talks are ongoing
Israel's warfare in Gaza has killed at the very least 30,228 Palestinians, based on the Gaza Ministry of Well being. The demise toll in Israel from the October 7 assaults is 1,139.
Egyptian, Qatari and US mediators are at present scrambling to shut a brand new truce.
In telephone conversations Thursday, the leaders of the three nations laid out what could possibly be a cease-fire settlement, the White Home stated.
“The leaders confused that the discharge of the hostages will lead to a direct and sustained ceasefire in Gaza for a interval of at the very least six weeks,” the White Home stated.
Nevertheless, the Israeli information website Walla, citing a senior Israeli official, stated that Israel has instructed Egypt and Qatar that it’s going to not proceed with ceasefire negotiations till Hamas sends it a listing of Israeli prisoners who stay alive within the Gaza Strip.
The official stated Israel can also be searching for a “severe response” from Hamas on the variety of Palestinian prisoners it’s asking to be launched as a part of a possible deal, Walla stated.
