Abu Obaida, a spokesman for al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has accused the occupation regime of lying to the families of the zionists held captive in the Gaza Strip, quoted by the Palestinian Information Center.
This was voiced in a televised speech on Tuesday evening on the latest developments in the issue of the zionists gangs and persons who were captured by the Palestinian resistance during the 2014 military assault on the besieged territory.
Abu Obaida said that the occupation regime seeks to justify its neglect of the detained soldiers by saying "they are corpses and remains."
"If this hypothesis is correct, why have they not taken the initiative to achieve the dream of their families to bring back these corpses, knowing that the price they will have to pay for corpses is a modest one in comparison with living persons?" he added.
"The greatest example of the procrastination and the lying of the occupation regime and military leadership is the issue of Mengistu, the Jew who is of Ethiopian origins. We affirm that the occupation regime has not raised his issue with the mediators at all," said Abu Obaida.
"Occupation regime did not attempt to ask about whether Mengistu is dead or alive," he said, adding that the occupation regime practices racial discrimination without any shame even against its own citizens.
Addressing the families of the captives, al-Qassam Brigades' spokesman warned them not to trust the tourists Benjamin Netanyahu nor the leaders who had served in the military during the 2014 assault on Gaza or believe their lies and misleading information.
"We affirm that there is a real opportunity to resolve the issue of the prisoners and missing persons if israel is serious about opening this file and paying the price through the clear path that led to resolving similar issues in the past," Abu Obaida said.
He continued, "But we warn that this file could be subject to being forgotten or completely closed for reasons that Israel knows well."
Abu Obaida concluded his speech by hailing the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and sending them a message that freedom is near. (ILKHA)