Hamas on Friday branded Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as a “liar”, and declared that the “occupation” would have to pay a price for the return of two soldiers and two civilians which Hamas is holding in Gaza.
The comments by Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida mark the first time that Hamas has acknowledged that the four Israelis – soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul and civilians Avraham Mengistu and a Bedouin whose name has not been made public – are missing in Gaza.
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