Al-Qassam Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) - announced the killing of two Israeli prisoners in an Israeli bombing of the city of Rafah a few days ago in the southern Gaza Strip.

A short video clip published by Al-Qassam, addressing the families of the prisoners, said: “Your army killed two prisoners in the air strike on the city of Rafah a few days ago.”

Al-Qassam added, sending a message to Israeli society, “Your army deceives you, and continues to deceive you,” and “Your government does not want to return prisoners except in coffins.”

It concluded the video with the hashtag “Time is running out,” which she used to publish, in reference to the shrinking period of time available to conclude an exchange deal with the increasing number of Israeli prisoners killed in Gaza as a result of the intense bombing by the occupation army.

Yesterday, Thursday, prominent Hamas leader Osama Hamdan said, in an interview with the American CNN network, that “no one has an idea about the number of living prisoners.”

Earlier, the Al-Qassam Brigades said that 3 of the prisoners detained in Gaza were killed during the military operation carried out by the occupation army in the heart of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, to recover 4 Israeli prisoners.

Al-Qassam explained in a message addressed to the Israeli community, “After the massacre that your army committed in the Nuseirat camp yesterday to rescue 4 prisoners, your army killed 3 prisoners in the same camp, one of whom held American citizenship.”

Al-Qassam broadcast pictures of the prisoners who were killed, in a video titled “Your government kills a number of your prisoners to save other prisoners,” stressing that “your prisoners will not be released unless our prisoners are liberated.”

In early March, Al-Qassam spokesman Abu Ubaida revealed that the number of Israeli prisoners killed as a result of the occupation army’s military operations in the Gaza Strip “may exceed 70 prisoners,” before announcing late the following month that “the Ron Arad scenario may be the most likely to be repeated.” With enemy prisoners in Gaza.

In the same context, Palestinian journalist Alaa Abu Mohsen, who is in the city of Rafah, confirmed that strong clashes took place between the Palestinian resistance and the occupation army in Rafah.

He said that Israeli army forces advanced into Rafah from the Egyptian border. The clashes took place in the areas of Al-Karaj Al-Sharqi, Al-Awda Roundabout, and Al-Shaboura.

He added that the occupation forces burned a large number of homes in the Al-Karaj Al-Sharqi area.

In western Rafah, strong clashes took place between the resistance and the occupation army, and the Al-Qassam Brigades said that they targeted a number of Israeli vehicles with Al-Yassin 105 missiles and neutralized them.

Abu Mohsen reported that medical teams were able to recover two martyrs from under the rubble in the Saudi neighborhood area, west of Rafah.

Two other martyrs were also recovered from the eastern areas of Rafah.

Strong clashes took place between the resistance and the occupation army, and the Al-Qassam Brigades said that they targeted a number of Israeli vehicles with Al-Yassin 105 missiles and neutralized them.

Source: Al Jazeera, Al Ghad