Hamas Threatens to Execute Civilians If Israel Bombs Gaza ‘Without Warning’

A Hamas official issued a warning to Israeli officials on Monday.

A view of a junction shows the aftermath of a mass-infiltration by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, in the Sderot area, southern Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023. Ammar Awad/Reuters

The Hamas, the group that controls Gaza, said Monday that it would start executing Israeli hostages if civilian houses were bombed.

“Every targeting of our people without warning will be met with the execution of one of the civilian hostages,” the Ezzedine al-Qassem Brigades, the armed branch of Hamas, said in a statement to news outlets.