CAIRO: Hamas stated on Thursday it was holding an Israeli colonel captured on Oct. 7, who Israel had beforehand reported was killed within the assaults that day.
The Hamas armed wing Al Qassem Brigades stated Colonel Asaf Hamami had been wounded throughout his seize. It equipped no proof, and didn’t specify whether or not he was nonetheless alive now. The Israeli army reported months in the past that Hamami, 41, a brigade commander, had been killed within the October 7 assaults and his physique was being held in Gaza.