Hamas leader: The result of the captives' elections will not change the situation of the Palestinians

Hamas leader: The result of the captives' elections will not change the situation of the Palestinians

Khalil al-Hiya, the leader of Hamas, rejected in an interview with the Qatar Arab Network the possibility of a fundamental change in Israel's POW policy after the upcoming elections and said that the Palestinians "have been harmed by all the POW parties in Israel."

הוא אמר כי חמאס אינו מקבל את "הדם והסבל" של הפלסטינים להפוך לכלי בתחרויות הבחירות של ישראל והוסיף כי מה שחשוב לקבוצה זו הוא מימוש "המטרות והזכויות הלגיטימיות" של הפלסטינים.

Israel's captive elections are scheduled for October 27, and captive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a close race to stay in power. On the eve of the elections, he said that Israel's captive forces would not leave Gaza and rejected the US-led peace initiative, in which Hamas is ready to hand over weapons.

This is the first captive election in Israel since the October 7, 2023 ground attack by Hamas and armed Palestinian militant groups. In that ground attack, 1221 people were killed and 251 hostages. According to the statistics of the Hamas-run Gaza Health Department, more than 73,900 people were killed in the subsequent Israeli attacks on Gaza. The UN considers this figure to be reliable.