Izzat al-Rishq’s remarks came shortly after the Israeli army announced that it had discovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza, asserting that they had been killed by Hamas.

“The ones who kill our people daily are the Israeli colonizers with American weapons. The hostages found in Gaza were not killed by us but by the relentless Zionist bombardment,” Rishq said in a statement.

He further criticized the U.S., saying, “If President [Joe] Biden truly cares about the lives of Israeli hostages, he should cease his support for this enemy with money and weapons and pressure Israel to end its aggression immediately.”

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    Hamas could release them any time they want.

    They took them for a reason, to use them against Israel.

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        Hamas is not the one that had to build a wall and a multi billion dollar rocket defence system and still got attacked.

        Israel tried to defend itself, Hamas kept at it, and now they’re paying the price. This is war.