Israel Confirms Release of Two Women Hostages

A Hamas fugitive who “ran the group’s terrorist operations in the West Bank” and served on its ruling body lives in London in a council property he recently bought with a £112,000 discount.

Muhammad Qassem Sawalha evaded Israel’s security services using a relative’s passport and fled to the UK in the 1990s, later obtaining British citizenship.

Upon arrival, Sawalha, 62, continued to work for Hamas, holding secret talks about “revitalising” terrorist acts in Israel and helping to launder money to support activities in Gaza and the West Bank, according to a US Department of Justice indictment in 2004.
As recently as 2019, he took part in an official Hamas delegation to Moscow, where he met Vladimir Putin’s deputy foreign minister, and served on Hamas’s politburo between 2013 and 2017. The father of four was pictured with Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas, in 2010 and 2012.

In 2009, he signed a notorious declaration that praised Allah for having “routed the Zionist Jews”, called for weapons to be sent to Gaza, and demanded a “Third Jihadist Front” be opened in Palestine alongside Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sawalha is officially designated by Israel’s defence ministry as belonging to Hamas and will be arrested if he returns to the country.
The UK proscribed Hamas’s military wing as a terrorist organisation in March 2001, but declined to do the same for its political wing, creating an ambiguity that may mean Sawalha has not committed an offence. He has never been charged with crimes in the UK. In November 2021 the government changed its position and classified Hamas as a terrorist organisation in its entirety, saying any distinction between its various branches was “artificial”.

Despite his activities, Sawalha was granted a British passport in the early 2000s. Home Office guidance states that anyone who “incites, justifies or glorifies” terrorist violence or “seeks to provoke others to terrorist acts” will ordinarily be denied citizenship.

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) directed by the Shin Bet, have eliminated five commanders of the Hamas Aerial Array since the war in Gaza began two weeks ago.

The Hamas Aerial Array (HAA) operates a variety of weapons aimed against the State of Israel. The array took a significant part in the attack against Israel at the start of the war, and in recent days the IAF has eliminated a number of commanders in the array.

The HAA commanders who were eliminated include Murad Abu Murad, Commander of the Hamas Aerial Array in Gaza City; Moed’ Abdel Rahman, Head of Hamas Training Portfolio in Gaza City; Othman Hamdan, Aerial Defense Officer of Hamas’ Zabra Tel Elhua Battalion; Machud El Rifi, Hamas Weapons Supply Manager in Gaza City; and Essan Shalouf, Head of Training for the Hamas Aerial Defense Array in northern Gaza.

On Monday evening, Israel confirmed earlier reports of the release of two captives held hostage by the Hamas terror group.

Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, who were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz during the murderous assault on Shemini Atzeres and held in Gaza, were handed over to Red Cross agents at the Rafah crossing and are expected to arrive in Israel shortly.

They were examined by an Egyptian doctor and were reported to be in good condition.

The two women are expected to be flown via helicopter to Ichilov Hospital, where they will be given a full exam and be reunited with their relatives.

Oded Lifshitz, 83 years old, the husband of Yocheved, was also kidnapped and held separately from his wife. As a peace activist, Oded drove Gazans suffering from cancer to hospitals in Israel to receive treatment. Nurit Cooper’s husband, Amiram, 85 years old, was abducted with them. The two men are still being held by the brutal terrorist organization.

Daniel Lifshitz, a grandson, told reporters, “The terrorists burned down their house, and all the memories were burned.”

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