Abu Ubaida, spokesperson for the al-Qassam Brigades, warned that the Israeli occupation’s plan to invade Gaza “will be devastating for its political and military leadership,” stressing that the occupation army “will pay the price in the blood of its soldiers.”

In a statement, he added that the occupation will bear full responsibility for any death among Israeli captives, noting that their lives remain “bound to the circumstances of the battle” just like those of resistance fighters.