{"id":107282,"date":"2025-08-30T07:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T07:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/107282\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T07:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T07:06:11","slug":"hamas-warns-new-gaza-offensive-will-endanger-hostages-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/107282\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas warns new Gaza offensive will endanger hostages\u2019 lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

He said the Israeli government and military are responsible for the hostages\u2019 fate, and warned that \u201cany hostage killed in strikes will be identified by name and photo.\u201d He added that Hamas will \u201ckeep the hostages as much as possible\u201d alongside its terrorists.<\/p>\n

Abu Obaida also claimed Israel intends \u201cto halve the number of living hostages and conceal most of the bodies of the dead.\u201d <\/p>\n

He warned that the Israeli military \u201cwill pay in the blood of its soldiers\u201d and raised the possibility of further abductions. He said Hamas terrorists \u201care on high alert and morale is strong, and they will teach the intruders harsh lessons.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement came hours after the IDF and the Shin Bet announced that remains of two deceased hostages had been returned to Israel following an operation in central Gaza. <\/p>\n

The remains include those of Ilan Weiss<\/a>, 55, from Kibbutz Be\u2019eri, who was abducted along with his wife Shiri and daughter Noga, and another deceased hostage whose identity has not yet been released.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the remains are being identified at the Forensic Medicine Institute and that families have been notified. Forty-eight hostages remain in Hamas custody.<\/p>\n

While Hamas threatens the hostages\u2019 lives, Israel is preparing for a Gaza operation that includes expanding humanitarian aid and planning for the mass evacuation of Gaza City residents to southern Gaza. The IDF said the measures are carried out under political leadership directives and involve the creation of additional distribution sites for food and aid. Once complete, five centers will serve hundreds of thousands of residents who need to leave the city.<\/p>\n

Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Major-General Ghassan Alian, told residents on the unit\u2019s Arabic-language Facebook page that \u201cevacuation of Gaza City is inevitable\u201d<\/a> and assured that \u201cevery family moving south will receive maximum humanitarian assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

IDF Arabic-language spokesman Brig. Gen. Avichay Adraee urged residents not to believe \u201cfalse rumors\u201d that there is no space in southern Gaza. He said large areas are available in the Mawasi region and central camps and that the military has begun erecting tents and preparing additional zones to accommodate evacuees.<\/p>\n

Humanitarian aid remains a global concern amid reports of a worsening hunger crisis in Gaza. Israel has rejected claims by Hamas and some international agencies, saying images of emaciated children often show those with pre-existing conditions. At the same time, Israel has increased aid deliveries after a halt following the collapse of a March ceasefire. A UN report last week described Gaza as experiencing a \u201chunger pandemic,\u201d a conclusion Israel dismissed, citing flawed methodology.<\/p>\n

According to the IDF, since late May more than 2.3 million weekly food packages have been distributed through four GHF aid centers. The military said it will continue facilitating humanitarian aid while taking measures to ensure the aid reaches residents and not Hamas.<\/p>\n

Eyewitnesses told Reuters that late Tuesday night into Wednesday, IDF tanks entered the Abd al-Rahman neighborhood in northwest Gaza, shelled homes and injured several people, forcing others to flee. The IDF later withdrew toward Jabalya. Saad Abd, a resident of the nearby Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, said, \u201cSuddenly we heard tanks entering, explosions grew louder, and we saw people running. If a ceasefire isn\u2019t achieved, we\u2019ll see tanks outside our homes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He said the Israeli government and military are responsible for the hostages\u2019 fate, and warned that \u201cany hostage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-107282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}