The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, said that the Israeli army bombed a location in Gaza, where Israeli captives were held, confirming that the bombing was repeated to ensure their death, TRT World reports.

Abu Obaida, the spokesperson for the Qassam Brigades, said on Telegram: “The occupation army recently bombed a location where some enemy prisoners were present and repeated the bombing to ensure their death.”

“We have intelligence confirming that the enemy deliberately bombed the location with the aim of killing the prisoners and their guards,” Obaida noted.

He added: “Our fighters attempted to rescue the enemy prisoners and succeeded in retrieving one of them, whose fate remains unknown.”