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Al-Quds Brigades: Israeli captives attempted suicide in Gaza

Wednesday, 03 July 2024 4:38 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 03 July 2024 4:48 PM ]

Palestinians inspect the damage a day after a deadly Israeli raid in the Nuseirat camp, the central Gaza Strip, June 9, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Some Israeli captives have attempted suicide since resistance fighters started treating them the same way Israel treated Palestinians, says the armed wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Islamic Jihad.

In a statement released on Wednesday, Abu Hamza, spokesman for al-Quds Brigades, said this was due to frustration over the Israeli regime’s neglect of their situation.

It was also due to treatment by units in the brigades who are “depriving them of some of the privileges that were provided to them prior to the heinous Nuseirat crime committed by the criminal Nazi enemy army [Israel],” the statement said.

In June, Israel killed more than 270 Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp during a raid to free 4 Israeli captives.

“As long as the regime continues its unjust measures towards our people and our prisoners,” Hamza said, the decision to treat Israeli captives the same way Palestinians are treated in Israeli prisons will remain in effect.

Palestinian resistance groups hold Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for the deteriorating physical and mental health of some of the Israeli captives.

The regime believes 134 Israelis are being held in Gaza. Israel is holding more than 9,000 Palestinians in its jails.

Calls have been growing for Netanyahu to step down over the regime’s failure to secure the release of the captives.

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Israeli protesters demand that the cabinet strike a deal with Hamas and other Palestinian resistance groups. Protesters argue that Netanyahu is seeking to prolong the war for his own sake and to avoid corruption trials.

Israel launched its savage military campaign in the besieged Gaza Strip in early October. The regime has since killed about 38,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

Israel’s genocidal war has placed vast swathes of Gaza in ruins, pushing 85% of the region's population into internal displacement amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water, and medicine, according to the UN.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice.

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