Hamas Reveals Plans to Kidnap Israeli Soldiers

Demonstrators block Highway 1 between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv during a protest calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, August 26, 2025

(photo credit: ERIK MARMOR/FLASH90)

As Israel intensifies preparations for a full-scale invasion of Gaza City, Hamas’s military wing spokesperson, Abu Obeida, released a threatening statement today. He revealed that Israeli hostages are being held alongside its fighters in combat zones under the same perilous conditions, 

“We will preserve the lives of the captives to the extent that we can,” the terror group said. “They will remain with our fighters in the places of confrontation, exposed to the same risks.”

The IDF’s expansion of operations will increase the chances of capturing IDF soldiers, the Hamas spokesperson warned. He also threatened that Hamas terrorists are on high alert and will teach the IDF, what he referred to a "harsh lesson."

Hamas added that for every hostage killed as a result of Israeli military action, it would publish the individual’s name, photograph, and proof of death.