5/23/2024–|Last updated: 5/23/202405:50 PM (Mecca time)
She said Al-Qassam Brigades The military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation), the commander of the Southern Brigade in Gaza band Assaf Hamami, a member of the Israeli occupation army, was captured on October 7th.
This came via a new video broadcast by Al-Qassam – today, Thursday – revealing that he had been injured during his arrest, but it left uncertainty about his current fate.
With the phrase “a leadership that leaves its army commanders captive,” Al-Qassam blamed the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu And his Minister of Defense Yoav Galant Member of the War Council Benny GantzAnd the Chief of Staff of the Army Herzi HalevyResponsibility for leaving Hamami in captivity and not caring about his fate.
She concluded the video with the hashtag “Time is running out,” which she regularly posted, in reference to the shrinking period of time available to conclude an exchange deal with the increasing number of Israeli prisoners killed in Gaza as a result of the intense bombing by the occupation army.
On December 2, 2023, the occupation army acknowledged Hamami’s killing, and said through its publication on the “X” platform that Colonel Assaf Hamami (41 years old), commander of the Southern Brigade of the Gaza Division, from Kiryat Ono (centre), was killed on October 7. His body was kept in the Gaza Strip.”
The statement indicated that officials in the occupation army notified the officer’s family of his death.
It should be noted that the “Gaza Division” is a military division in the occupation army bearing the number “643”, and it operates under the command of the Southern Military District, and its headquarters are at the Ra’im base, which is far from Gaza strip 7 kilometers.
Its mission is to guard the borders adjacent to the Gaza Strip, manage assassination operations, and destroy tunnels that it discovers in the Gaza Strip. It includes two brigades: northern and southern.
The Al-Qassam Brigades announced on October 7, 2023, that the entire “Gaza Division” had fallen during an attack.Al-Aqsa flood“.