Egypt Daily News – The spokesperson for the Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, announced that they have lost contact with the group holding Israeli-American soldier Idan Alexander after a direct airstrike targeted their location, and that efforts are ongoing to reach them.
In posts on his Telegram channel, Abu Ubaida stated: “We announce that we lost contact with the group holding soldier Idan Alexander after a direct strike targeted their location, and we are still trying to reach them.”
He added: “Our assessment is that the Israeli army is deliberately trying to eliminate the pressure of the dual-national hostage file in order to continue its genocidal war against our people.”
These developments follow a video message released last Saturday by the Al-Qassam Brigades, in which the captive, Idan Alexander, strongly criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing him as a “dictator.”
In the video, Idan also expressed disappointment with former U.S. President Donald Trump, saying: “We truly believe we will return home dead. There is nothing to say, no hope.” He added that Netanyahu’s government had abandoned the captives and obstructed a prisoner exchange deal that Hamas had agreed to.
He accused the Israeli leadership of “missing opportunities,” noting that the deal Israel blocked would have included his release.
It’s worth noting that on April 4, the military spokesperson for the Al-Qassam Brigades warned that “half of the living enemy captives are in areas the Israeli army recently requested to evacuate.”
At the time, he said: “We decided not to move these captives from those areas and to keep them under strict but highly dangerous security measures.”
Abu Ubaida emphasized that “if the enemy cares about the lives of these captives, it must immediately negotiate for their evacuation or release,” adding, “You have been warned.”
He held Netanyahu’s government fully responsible for the lives of the captives, saying, “If they truly cared, they would have honored the agreement signed in January, and most of them would probably be home today.”
