A Hamas guard who killed an Israeli hostage earlier this week acted out “in revenge” after being told two of his children had been killed in an Israeli air strike, the terror group said Thursday.
The slaying of the male hostage in Gaza on Monday was carried out against Hamas’ instructions, according to a spokesperson for the group’s armed al-Qassam Brigades.
“The (Hamas) soldier assigned as guard acted in a retaliatory manner against instructions after he received information that his two children were martyred in one of the massacres conducted by the enemy,” the spokesperson, Abu Ubaida, said in a post on Telegram.
“The incident doesn’t represent our ethics and the instructions of our religion in dealing with captives. We will reinforce the instructions.”
