By Xinhua,
Gaza : Military wing of Islamic Jihad Movement on Saturday said all armed Palestinian groups should kidnap and capture Israeli soldiers.
“Capturing the Israeli soldiers is an open option for all military wings of the Palestinian factions,” al-Quds Brigades of the Islamic Jihad movement said in a statement.
The statement referred to a prisoner exchange between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah group in July, saying such swap “proved their effectiveness in forcing the Israeli government to respond to the captors’ demands.”
The statement also praised the capturing of an Israeli soldier by Hamas and two other groups in 2006. It said that the capturing of Israeli corporal Gilad Shalit was “a clear evidence that the resistance groups are able to free more than 1,000 prisoners Israel holds.”
Hamas demands Israel to release 1,000 prisoners in addition to all jailed women, children, patients and old Palestinians.
Meanwhile, the statement criticized an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which took place in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in June.
“The lull provided security for the settlers who live around the Gaza Strip and the Palestinians did not reap any fruits,” the statement said, referring to the halting of the Palestinian rocket attacks at the Israeli communities around Gaza.