️BREAKING: AlQuds Newspaper publishes the will of martyr Yahya Sinwar to the fighters, with details written in his own handwriting regarding the captives:
• “Then either [confer] favor afterward or ransom [them].” – Verse 4 of Surah Muhammad.
• “Visit the sick, feed the hungry, and free the captive.” – Hadith.
• “What is necessary for fulfilling an obligation becomes obligatory.” – A fundamental principle.
AlQuds Newspaper obtained three handwritten documents from Yahya Sinwar, head of the political bureau of Hamas, containing instructions for the movement’s fighters on securing the Israeli captives, a list of eleven captives, and scattered numbers regarding their age, gender, and status.
The first document, written on Al-Arqam Printing Company letterhead, begins with Verse 4 of Surah Muhammad, which reads: “Then, when you have overcome them, either [confer] favor afterward or ransom [them]…” This means, according to interpretation, that after capturing enemies, one can either release them without compensation or ransom them in exchange for something valuable.
Sinwar followed this with the Hadith: “Visit the sick, feed the hungry, and free the captive,” where “captive” refers to prisoners of war.
He urged Hamas fighters to “ensure the safety of enemy captives, as they are a valuable bargaining chip in our hands,” referring to the principle that “what is necessary for fulfilling an obligation becomes obligatory.” He explained that freeing Palestinian prisoners can only be achieved by safeguarding enemy captives.
The second document provides statistics on the number of Israeli captives, with some details about their age, military or civilian status, and gender.
The first section, without specifying a location, states:
•5 men over 60.
•10 men under 60.
•3 soldiers.
•3 women under 40 (marked with an “X,” indicating they were removed).
•4 women over 40.
Total: 25-3 = 22.
Location X:
•6 in military uniforms.
•12 reserves, the oldest being 53.
•7 young individuals not counted (aged 21-27).
Total: 25.
Location X:
•2 men over 60 and 70.
•4 Bedouins (55 years old, and his son aged 18-22).
Total: 51.
Location X:
•7 soldiers and female soldiers (6 male + 1 female).
•3 reserve soldiers.
•4 young individuals.
•1 elderly person (66 years old).
•1 Arab Bedouin.
Total: 14 (though the numbers sum to 16, not 14).
The third document includes a list of female captives, mostly elderly:
1.Nili Eliyahu Margalit, female, 41, nurse.
2.Tamar Shalom Metzger, female, 78.
3.Raymond Nahum Kirsch, female, 36, ill.
4.Elena Yulian Turbanov, female, 50, Russian.
5.Nuralyn Babdilla, female, 60, Filipino/Israeli.
6.Irina Tatem, female, 73, Russian.
7.Betin Letin Yehuda, female, 49, American.
8.Mirav Ben Yamin Tal, female, 53.
9.Ada Mordechai Sageh, female, 75.
10.Ophelia Rothman, female, 77.
11.Detiza Hyman, female, 84.
[Translated from arabic to english, originally posted by @alqudsnewspaper ]
Mike