Hamas is using the issue of Israeli captives to try to cover up for its losses in its last escalation with Israel, the Israeli government’s chief negotiator for the release of hostages Yaron Blum said Sunday night.
Blum’s remarks came after Hamas released a tape to Al-Jazeera that it claimed was of an Israeli captive.
Hamas has held two mentally ill Israeli civilians, Avera Mentistu and Hisham al-Sayed, in captivity since 2014 and 2015, respectively, and the bodies of two soldiers, Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, since 2014.
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{Matzav.com}
