The Hamas movement said today (Saturday) that it will not discuss the fate of Israeli army prisoners until Israel ends its “aggression” against the Gaza Strip.

Osama Hamdan, a Hamas official, speaking from Lebanon, said in a press conference broadcast on television: “Our position is clear, and it is still related to the exchange of (military) prisoners, and it will not be discussed until after the end of the aggression against Gaza,” according to Reuters. ».

He stressed "the importance of protecting hospitals and medical centers, as institutions protected under international law, so that the massacre of the National Baptist Hospital, in which about 500 martyrs and hundreds of wounded were not repeated."

Rafah crossing

He added: “Today, 20 trucks of medical aid and canned food entered through the Rafah crossing, and here we would like to point out that more than 500 trucks have entered the Gaza Strip daily under the ongoing unjust siege, for about 17 years.”

Hamdan called for the permanent and continuous opening of the Rifaat crossing. To facilitate the exit of the wounded for treatment abroad, to continue the flow of food aid around the clock, and to urgently bring fuel into the Gaza Strip to save hospitals and medical centers that are running out of fuel needed to generate electricity.

Source: Agencies