by Khaled Mashal, Hamas Chief
Doha, August 18 - As we have explained countless times, the Zionists seek to take all of the Gaza Strip, and the prisoners we hold do not matter to them, which is why we continue to hold those captives because without them we could not extract concessions or negotiate, since, as we said, those captives are worthless to the Zionists, so threatening the welfare of the prisoners is of no value, you see where I am going with this?
None of this had to happen. Well, almost none of it. The part about invading Israel in October 2023 and killing and looting and raping and kidnapping - that part we could not avoid. It was like a reflex to the occupation of our homeland. A planned, extensively-prepared-for, specifically-timed reflex. Unlike the Zionist response, which was not a response at all, but a premeditated "reaction" to the reflexive Al Aqsa Flood operation that was their fault and never happened, depending on which of our supporters you ask.
October 7 never happened, and we are immensely proud that we did it.
But about the prisoners: we know Netanyahu and the other criminals do not care about the "hostages." If they cared, we could use the captives as leverage, but since, as we insist, those criminals only consider the captives an excuse to wage brutal aggression and genocide against us, as they always have done even when we did not hold any such prisoners, then obviously the hostages have no real value and that is why we continue to hold them and release videos of their suffering.
Israel places no value on the captives, which is why Israelis have an entire square in Tel Aviv dedicated to demanding "Bring Them Home Now" and posters plastered all over the country with the photos, names, and ages of the captives, on bus stop shelters, sign posts, windows, electrical boxes, and walls. So you see, the hostages provide no leverage over Israel, which is why we still hold them. Basic logic.
Moreover, since we know Israel dos not care about the prisoners, we have threatened to kill them if Israel attempted any more rescue operations. The nerve of those Jews, trying to take back from us what we rightfully stole! And in fact, they have conducted no further rescue operations. If you need proof that they do not care about the hostages, look no further.
This is why we do not release them. It would make no sense.
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