(Today’s Prayer) Hamas: “There will be no release of Israeli..."

Deputy Director al-Arouri, second in command of the Politburo, interviewed with Al Jazeera

“All children and women have already been released… The remaining hostages are soldiers and men who have served in the military.”

The Palestinian armed faction Hamas announced on the 2nd (local time), that they would no longer release Israeli hostages being held without a comprehensive ceasefire.

Deputy Director Saleh al-Arouri, the second-in-command of Hamas's political bureau, said in an interview with Al Jazeera in the Arab world that day, "We will not release any more hostages unless a comprehensive ceasefire and the release of all Palestinian prisoners are achieved."

He continued, “There are currently no cease-fire negotiations underway,” and “Israel does not want to agree to an exchange of hostages and prisoners under the new conditions.”

“Israel still claims that we are holding children and women hostage,” Al-Arouri said. “But we have released all the women and children, and now we only have men and soldiers in our hands.”

He added, “The adult hostages we are holding have served in the military in the past and are currently serving (as reserve forces).”

Al-Arouri also said that he agreed to exchange bodies with Israel as a condition of the ceasefire agreement, but that "it will take time to recover the bodies of Israelis who died in the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip." 

Source: Yeonhab news

And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us. (1 John 3:23-24)

Hamas said that they will no longer release Israeli hostages without a full-scale cease-fire, as there are numerous casualties as soon as the cease-fire has ends.

God, this war belonged to you. It is a war that cannot be helped by man power. It is a war with great casualties in the midst of hating, dying, and killing each other.

God, in this extreme situation, allow them to meet Yeshua, whom Israel and the Palestinian people rejected for so long. We believe that Jesus, who has already appeared to the Muslims of Gaza through dreams and fantasies, will meet more people.

Allow them seek Yeshua again and again, a name they have never called upon before. Would you allow the your miracle to happen in this moment, and let the hostages be released quickly, so that no Palestinian souls die without knowing Yeshua.

We believe that only the name of Yeshua will unite Israel and Palestine, who are enemies. Allow them to believe in the name of Jesus Christ and love each other according to the commandments given by you.

In the last days, would you allow true reconciliation between Isaac and Ishmael, keeping your commandments of love, and dwelling forever in the LORD.