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CAIRO (Reuters) – Hamas said on Saturday it had lost all contact with a group that was holding five Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip due to bombings.
The Palestinian group believes the hostages were killed during an Israeli raid, Abou Ubaida, spokesman for the Ezzedine al Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, said in a statement.
Reuters was unable to verify these statements. Israeli authorities did not immediately react to Hamas’ announcement.
(Reporting by Ali Sawafta, written by Adam Makary and Ahmed Tolba; French version by Kate Entringer, edited by Camille Raynaud)
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