Gaza: Contact with some of its teams "guarding Israeli prisoners" has been severed as a result of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, Hamas stated.
In a press statement on Saturday night, Abu Ubaida, the spokesperson for the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas, stated that it was unclear the fate of the inmates and detainees. No further information was provided.
The Israeli military has recently intensified strikes on the besieged Palestinian enclave ruled by Hamas, aiming to root out the militant Palestinian group and secure the release of about 240 hostages taken to Gaza during the October 7 Hamas attack against Israel, Xinhua news agency reported.
Israel has been carrying out attacks on Gaza over the past weeks to retaliate against the Hamas attack. The conflict has so far led to the deaths of more than 11,500 Palestinians in Gaza, while on the Israeli side, about 1,200 people have lost their lives, the majority of whom were killed in the Hamas attack.
With inputs from IANS