Hamas announces the killing of dozens of Israeli invaders in an attempt to free hostages

Hamas authorities stated that at least 210 people were killed on Saturday in Israeli attacks on the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, where Israel recovered four hostages.

Footage posted on social media, whose authenticity has yet to be verified, showed corpses with their entrails scattered on blood-soaked streets.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for an emergency session of the UN Security Council to discuss the repercussions of “the bloody massacre that was carried out by the Israeli forces” in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Wafa Agency.

Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a statement that many of those killed were likely Hamas militants, adding that the movement bears responsibility for any civilian deaths because it hid hostages among them.

He said: “Our estimates are that many of the deaths Hamas speaks about are members of the movement, and we hold it fully responsible for the deaths of civilians because it placed the hostages in the heart of a residential area to be used for military purposes.”

The Israeli army announced on Saturday that it freed four hostages held in Gaza since the unprecedented Hamas attack during a “special operation” in the Nuseirat camp, which has been subjected to intense bombardment for several days.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the Israeli forces “proved that Israel does not surrender to terrorism and is moving innovatively and with boundless courage to return our hostages to their homes.”

The army stated that during a “difficult special operation during the day in Nuseirat, four Israeli hostages were liberated.”

The army confirmed that the hostages were “rescued” in two different locations in Nuseirat and that their “health condition is good,” explaining that they were transferred to the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer near Tel Aviv “to undergo additional medical examinations.”

The Israeli police announced that one of its members was killed due to wounds sustained during the operation.

In recent days, Israeli strikes have focused on the central Gaza Strip, especially the Nuseirat camp, where one of these raids on Thursday targeted a school affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), killing 37 people mostly children and women.

Earlier, The Eastern Herald reported the reason for the invasion of Gaza, as the last round of negotiations in Cairo aimed at brokering a ceasefire to halt Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in genocide and ethnic cleansing of millions of Palestinians, ended without resolution, further deepening the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Despite intensive discussions, Israel’s rejection of proposed terms for a ceasefire agreement and its subsequent ground invasion in Rafah indicate a calculated strategy to maintain leverage.

Last month, Karim A. A. Khan prosecutor of International Criminal Court sought warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Galant, along with Hamas leaders Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh. These actions are part of an investigation into alleged war crimes amid the ongoing conflict, highlighting the intense international scrutiny over both Israeli and Palestinian leadership.

Also, the United Nations Special Rapporteur in the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, labeled Israel’s military aggression in Gaza as genocide, citing over 30,000 Palestinian deaths, including more than 13,000 children, and 71,000 injuries. She urged immediate sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel. Israel rejected the findings, maintaining its conflict is with Hamas, not civilians. Gulf and African nations supported Albanese’s report, while the US, Israel’s ally, abstained from the session.