{"id":53710,"date":"2025-10-28T18:23:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T22:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/hamas-official-squarely-blames-israel-for-delayed-return-of-hostages-in-al-jazeera-interview\/28\/10\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:23:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T22:23:40","slug":"hamas-official-squarely-blames-israel-for-delayed-return-of-hostages-in-al-jazeera-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/hamas-official-squarely-blames-israel-for-delayed-return-of-hostages-in-al-jazeera-interview\/28\/10\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas official squarely blames Israel for delayed return of hostages in Al Jazeera interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We have exerted every possible effort to recover the bodies,&#8221; Hindi claimed, and Israel &#8220;bears full responsibility for any delay in retrieving the remaining ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Suhail al-Hindi, a member of Hamas&#8217;s political bureau in Gaza, blamed Israel for delaying the return of the remains of the hostages in a Tuesday interview with Qatari outlet <em>Al Jazeera<\/em>, refusing to take any responsibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We have exerted every possible effort to recover the bodies,&#8221; Hindi alleged, and Israel &#8220;bears full responsibility for any delay in retrieving the remaining ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/idf-drone-catches-hamas-staging-160750072.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hamas;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hamas<\/a> asked Israel to allow search teams entry into the &#8220;red zones&#8221; to look for hostage remains and was faced with refusal, according to Hindi. He continued to argue that the terror group &#8220;has no interest in hiding any body of a captive or delaying its handover.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hindi also claimed in the interview that Hamas is facing &#8220;great difficulties&#8221; in recovering the remains of deceased hostages in Gaza, and continues to request permission to bring in &#8220;heavy equipment&#8221; to aid it in the search.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Hamas members search for the remains of deceased hostages, kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7, 2023, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 28, 2025. (credit: REUTERS\/Haseeb Alwazeer)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Army Radio, however, confirmed on Sunday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/israel-permits-hamas-locate-deceased-151732343.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Israeli government had authorized Hamas members;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Israeli government had authorized Hamas members<\/a> to enter territory under IDF control to join the Red Cross members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hamas-affiliated media outlets also reported on Sunday that members of the International Committee of the Red Cross met with Hamas&#8217;s &#8220;Shadow Unit,&#8221; responsible for guarding hostages, to guide them to the location of Israeli remains located in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah, in southern Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Furthermore, Israeli sources confirmed on Tuesday that the Palestinian terror group &#8220;can immediately return a handful of hostage remains&#8221; if it chooses to do so.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Hamas&#8217;s continued ceasefire violations<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Israel needs to &#8220;stop falsely accusing us of violating the agreement,&#8221; Hindi said, reaffirming the terror organization&#8217;s dedication to the ceasefire, and calling on international mediators to place pressure on Israel to facilitate the return of the remains of deceased hostages left in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/two-idf-soldiers-killed-rafah-200613331.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Major Yaniv Kula and Staff-Sergeant Itay Yavetz;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Major Yaniv Kula and Staff-Sergeant Itay Yavetz<\/a> were killed in Rafah after Hamas fired anti-tank missiles and gunfire at them. A third soldier was seriously wounded in the same incident and was taken to a hospital for immediate treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Further violating the ceasefire, Hamas again fired an anti-tank missile and gunshots at IDF troops in Rafah on Tuesday afternoon, marking an additional ceasefire violation by the terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The IDF returned fire in order to stop Hamas from further endangering soldiers on the Israeli side of the Yellow Line, according to a military source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Miriam Sela-Eitam, Amichai Stein, Avi Ashkenazi, and Anna Barsky contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/hamas-official-squarely-blames-israel-215404819.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;We have exerted every possible effort to recover the bodies,&rdquo; Hindi claimed, and Israel &ldquo;bears full responsibility for any delay in retrieving<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/hamas-official-squarely-blames-israel-for-delayed-return-of-hostages-in-al-jazeera-interview\/28\/10\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/b1690d254aa4dff9bb71d8ff5cf423e4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}