On the fourth day of the hostage deal with the terrorist organization Hamas, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a statement: "The effort to return the abductees tonight is progressing and we will inform the families as things happen. We manage an outline with mediators around the clock, even tonight patience is required. They have the duty to return all the abductees either during the outline or during other stages of the war."
Even more engineered videos of terrorists waving goodbye will not hide the brutality of Hamas terrorists. The international community must exert their weight and demand the efforts. The fighters go out in rounds for breaks necessary for training. At the same time, ammunition equipment is being completed. We are determined to continue the fighting, and deepen the achievements."
"Dozens of videos of terrorists waving goodbye will not hide the brutality of Hamas. The Bibas family, which is held by one of the Palestinian factions, is also under the responsibility of Hamas. We are gathering operational and intelligence information from the interrogation of abductees who have returned home." The IDF spokesman then switched to speaking in English, repeating his words and emphasizing the difficult situation of the 84-year-old abductee, Alma Avraham, who was released yesterday, and the captivity of the children Kfir and Ariel Bibas, Kfir only ten months old.
To a question about the publication that Israel refrained from an operational activity to free the abductees in order not to harm the Gazans, he answered: "Our effort to return the abductees is a major effort, and it was like this also in the previous phase of the war. Now we are in the middle of an outline whose purpose is to return the abductees. I hope that in the coming days, too, Assuming the mediators close the details, this outline will continue and more hostages will be released. We are gathering more intelligence around the clock and preparing for the next stages of the war."
"The goals of the war are clear, as defined for the IDF and the security forces - they are the dismantling of Hamas and the return of abductees, therefore we will strive and focus ourselves on the mission of returning the abductees. I will not refer to or detail our intelligence and operational activity. We will only do what is right for the safety of the abductees and their return home."
