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Report: Hamas claims three hostages killed during rescue mission in Nuseirat

Hamas’s armed wing announced on Sunday that three Israeli hostages, including a US citizen, were killed during Israel’s hostage rescue operation in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.

“In exchange for them (the four Israeli hostages), your own army killed three of your own prisoners in the same attack; one of them is a US citizen,” Hamas said in the statement.

The terrorist organization created a video saying: “Your Israeli government killed some of your prisoners to save the other prisoners.”

Supporters of Hamas and Islamic Jihad took part in a rally in the southern Gaza Strip last year to celebrate a deadly gun attack in Tel Aviv. (Source: ATTIA MUHAMMED/FLASH90)

The video footage then showed more images of injured Palestinian children and stated that Israeli forces “committed a massacre in Nuesirat camp yesterday in an attempt to rescue four prisoners.”

“Your prisoners will not be released unless our prisoners are released. Time is running out,” the video concluded

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