Hamas leadership calls for kidnapping of IDF soldiers following death penalty law passing – Kan News
Hamas leadership is planning to intensify efforts to kidnap Israeli soldiers and has framed abductions as the only effective way to secure the release of Palestinian prisoners, according to an internal message published by Kan News.
The letter, circulated among Hamas operatives in Gaza, came after the Knesset passed a law imposing the death penalty on convicted terrorists.
In the document, Hamas called the legislation a “fascist law” and urged members of its military wing to escalate and carry out “active operations.”
The statement stressed what Hamas described as the strategic importance of abducting Israeli soldiers, calling it “the only path” to securing the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
“The campaign against the guards is not being waged within the prison walls alone, but is your own campaign in the field,” the statement published by Kan read. “Increase your level of alert, and our response will be an act that the enemy will see with his own eyes before he hears about it, because freedom is taken by force of arms.”
The terrorist group also invoked the legacy of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and former military commander Mohammed Deif, portraying prisoner exchanges as central to the organization’s doctrine.
“Remember the martyred commander Mohammad Deif, who turned the release of prisoners into a fighting doctrine,” the statement said.
Hamas also warned that harm to Palestinian prisoners could trigger broader escalation involving soldiers in the Gaza envelope.
“Any harm to the life of a prisoner is an explosive that will lead to the eruption of a volcano,” the letter read.
The report did not say whether Israeli defense officials view the message as concrete operational orders or broader propaganda aimed at motivating terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
