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Hamas calls on Palestinians to abduct
Israelis
Wednesday April 18, 2012 08:42:33 AM,
RIA Novosti
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Gaza: A
senior Hamas official has called on Palestinian militants to
kidnap Israeli soldiers in order to exchange them for Palestinians
captured by Israel.
Izzat al-Rishq's statement posted on his Facebook page repeated
the call by Hamas' prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniya.
It came as Palestinians Tuesday marked the Prisoners' Day in
solidarity with Palestinians held in Israeli jails.
Al-Rishq said in his post that releasing Palestinians captured by
Israel was as important for Hamas as the liberation of the
occupied Palestinian territories.
Over 7,000 Palestinians are believed to be held in Israeli jails
over armed attacks on Israeli troops and civilians. Most of them
are members of Hamas and its rival faction Fatah, ruling the West
Bank.
On Tuesday, more than 1,600 jailed Palestinians declared an
open-ended hunger strike protesting their arrest and the
conditions in which they were being held, local media reported.
Another 2,300 prisoners said they would not eat for one day.
Last October, Hamas released its most high-profile Israeli
prisoner, soldier Gilad Shalit, who was abducted by Palestinian
militants in 2006, in exchange for over 1,000 Palestinians
captured by Israel.
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