Gaza: Hamas broadcasts photo of hostage killed by one of its men, an old Israeli cliché.

Hamas’ armed wing released a photo of a hostage killed by one of its guards in “revenge” on Thursday, as the Israeli military responded by recovering a body photographed in the Gaza Strip in November.

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“After investigation, it was determined that the constable assigned to guard the slain enemy prisoner acted in retaliation against instructions after learning that his children had died in an enemy massacre,” said Door – Ezzedine al-Win’s spokesman. Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeda, in a press release.

“A hostage was killed and his body recovered” during a joint operation between the army and Israeli security forces in November, the Israeli military told AFP. “The families concerned have been informed,” he added.

The Israeli military announced that 111 of the 251 people taken hostage during the October 7 Hamas attack were being held in Gaza, 39 of whom had been killed.

The Islamic Movement’s armed wing announced Monday it was launching an “investigation” after its fighters “killed a hostage” and “wounded two female hostages” in “two separate incidents” in the Gaza Strip.

Abo Obeda affirmed that these facts “do not represent our ethics and the teachings of our religion in the treatment of prisoners, and we will reinforce the instructions,” reiterating that “the enemy is fully responsible for all the suffering and dangers of the captives.” will emerge”.

The war in Gaza was sparked by an unprecedented attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, which resulted in the deaths of 1,198 people, the majority civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures.

At least 40,005 Palestinians were killed in Israeli retaliation, according to the Hamas government’s Gaza health ministry, which did not detail the number of civilians and fighters killed.

Talks began in Doha on Thursday between the Israelis and US, Egyptian and Qatari mediators on a deal to release the hostages in return for a ceasefire.