Hamas tries to mislead Israel

Gaza's Twitter account issued a statement Sunday suggesting that terrorist organizations in Gaza are holding another Israeli soldier.

Is the Palestinian people waiting for the announcement of another Zionist soldier being held captive by Palestinian resistance organizations? the tweet read.

The information in the tweet has not been confirmed by Israeli sources. In the past, Hamas has hinted that it held another Israeli soldier without providing more details.

Hamas holds the bodies of IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul since Operation Protective Edge 2014.

Avera Mengistu and another Israeli civilian, Hisham al-Sayed, missing in Gaza, allegedly also held by Hamas.

The Red Cross has in the past urged Hamas to comply with its obligations under international humanitarian law and to provide an update. on the situation of missing Israelis in Gaza

Hamas refused to comply with the request and also refused to allow the Red Cross to visit missing Israelis.

The Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported Sunday that Nickolay Mladenov, the UN envoy to the Middle East, is continuing his efforts to reach a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, prevent further military escalation and promote an exchange of prisoners. According to Palestinian Arab sources quoted in the newspaper, the ideas are discussed in talks held by Mladenov with Israeli and Hamas officials, and include a complete cessation of incendiary kite fire in Israeli cities in exchange for the end of the attacks. Israeli gunfire along the border and on Palestinian Arab fishermen, the reopening of the Kerem Shalom crossing point and the extension of the fishing zone 9 miles from the Gaza coast.

It was also noted that Mladenov fate of the Israeli soldiers that he holds, while Israel, for its part, would remove restrictions at border crossings and increase the fishing area to 12 miles from the Gaza coast.

AP sources said that Hamas strongly opposes the idea of ​​providing information about soldiers and civilians.