Hamas threatens to abuse Israeli hostages, renew fighting

August 21, 2016 Cholo Brooks The World 0

A member of the al-Qassam Brigades stands guard in front of a prefab made up to look like an Israeli prison during an anti-Israel military parade on August 21, 2016 in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The sign reads in Hebrew "Prison 4, for prisoners of the enemy." (AFP/ SAID KHATIB) — A member of the al-Qassam Brigades stands guard in front of a prefab made up to look like an Israeli prison during an anti-Israel military parade on August 21, 2016 in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The sign reads in Hebrew “Prison 4, for prisoners of the enemy.” (AFP/ SAID KHATIB)

Parading rockets through Rafah and threatening new fighting, Gaza terror group says Israelis held in Strip will receive same treatment as Hamas members in Israeli jails

The Hamas terror group threatened Thursday to maltreat Israeli hostages being held in the Strip, saying it would offer them the same conditions its own members are given in the Jewish state’s jails.

Hamas is holding the remains of soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin, who were killed in the 2014 Gaza war, as well as 29-year-old Avraham Mengistu and Juma Ibrahim Abu Anima, both of whom entered the Strip in 2014 and have not been heard from since. READ MORE OF THIS REPORT

SOURCES: NewsNow/The Times Israel

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.