Not even Iran: Israeli journalist said who is first behind Hamas

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The war between Hamas and Israel has been going on for more than three weeks. The involvement of the “hand of Iran” in the terrorist organization is becoming more and more obvious.

However, Qatar is primarily behind Hamas. The editor-in-chief of the portal “Details” (Israel), Emil Shleimovich, shared this assumption with Channel 24 , noting that Qatar is conducting negotiations on the release of the hostages on certain conditions.

How Qatar is involved with Hamas

As Shleimovich explained, Qatar is a small and extremely aggressive state that “feeds” on oil dollars and has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the Hamas group over the past few years.

It is Qatar that directly influences the Hamas group, and only then Iran,” noted the editor-in-chief of the “Details” portal.

In the near future, Israel does not see any prospects of concluding an agreement with Hamas on the exchange of prisoners. Even Qatar's mediation efforts are not producing the desired results.

Recently, Qatar has begun to understand that Hamas is simply deceiving it – making promises that it then does not fulfill and explains this by “the continuation of serious attacks by Israel.” – said Emil Shleimovich.

How many hostages were kidnapped by Hamas?

Shleimovich noted that the relatives of the hostages ask the Israeli authorities to ensure that military operations in the Gaza Strip are carried out with the slightest risk to the prisoners. Also, the Hamas group itself is waging psychological warfare against Israel. Claiming that 50 hostages died due to Jerusalem airstrikes.

We really don’t know how many hostages were killed, how many were executed. This may be an absolute lie, because if prisoners are released tomorrow or some kind of exchange agreement is carried out, then Hamas and Islamic Jihad may try to leave some people,” Emil Shleimovich emphasized.

So far, there are 240 identified Israelis captured by Hamas militants during the invasion of Israel. The number of hostages is constantly increasing, because there are a large number of bloodless bodies that continue to be identified with the involvement of archaeologists. Also, many Israelis are considered missing.

Emil Shleimovich about the condition of the Israelis who were kidnapped by Hamas: watch the video

Moreover, after complete identification, about 40 people cannot be identified. They will probably be considered missing without a trace because there will be no confirmation of whether they are alive or dead.

Shleimovich emphasized that Hamas is bargaining not only for living Israelis, but also for the dead, whose bodies terrorists stole from Israel. In Jerusalem they hope that they will be able to release a certain number of hostages thanks to the fighting in the Gaza Strip. After all, Qatar's attempt to help failed miserably.

Hostages in Hamas captivity: latest news

• Hamas militants are known to be holding at least 240 people captive. Among them are not only citizens of Israel, but also from other countries.
• It is also known that Hamas terrorists plan to hand over to the Red Cross. about 50 hostages with dual citizenship. According to preliminary data, Qatar's mediation should play a decisive role in this agreement.
• On October 20, Hamas released the first hostages – US citizens 59-year-old Judith and her 17-year-old daughter Natalia Raanan. Militants abducted women from Kibbutz Nahal Oz.
• The Ukrainian Embassy managed to evacuate 540 of our fellow citizens from Israel, and 357 Ukrainians are awaiting evacuation from the Gaza Strip.