The Daily Populous Sunday June 9th, 2024 night edition
Authored by jpost.com and submitted by SpectralShadowX

Shortly after Israeli forces freed hostages Noa Argamani, Andrey Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv, and Almog Meir on Saturday, Hamas published a statement from the terror organization’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in which the arch-terrorist asserted that Hamas would not surrender.

“Our people will not surrender, and the resistance will continue to defend our rights in the face of this criminal enemy,” Haniyeh reportedly said. “And if the occupation believes that it can impose its choices on us by force, it is delusional, and the movement will not agree to any agreement that does not achieve security for our people first and foremost.”

In the statement, the Hamas leader asserted that the Israeli military was engaging in massacres of the Palestinian people in Gaza.

“[Israel] continues the massacres against our people, children and women, the chapters of which are now taking place in Nuseirat and Deir al-Balah.”

Rescue operation occurred in the heart of Nuseirat

After securing the release of the hostages, the IDF reported that the rescue operation had taken place in two different locations in central Nuseirat. Palestinian fighters from the armed wing of Hamas take part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023. (credit: REUTERS/IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA)

According to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza, the bodies of at least 93 Palestinians who were killed during Israeli activities in Nuseirat and other areas in the central region of the Gaza Strip arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital on Saturday.

The ministry does not distinguish between combatants and civilians in its reporting, and the numbers published by the ministry have come under scrutiny, particularly in recent days, for its apparent inflating of the proportion of women and children killed during the war.

Later, Hamas put out another statement saying that the Israeli rescue operation would not "not change its strategic failure in the Gaza Strip" as the terrorist organization still held the bulk of the hostages.

Hamas also claimed that it was capable of capturing more hostages.

ImAjustin on June 8th, 2024 at 14:02 UTC »

The fact that they had 200 militants guarding them just shows how critical the hostages are to Hamas. Each one lost is less and less leverage and closer to their end. Time to bring the rest home!

TonyFremont on June 8th, 2024 at 13:48 UTC »

Do you expect me to surrender?

No Mr. Haniyeh, I expect you to die.

UndercoverPeace on June 8th, 2024 at 13:25 UTC »

Why saying anything at all. Israel took a win here. Anything said will just make you look dumb. Now here we are.