Hamas fighters (Image: Getty) Hamas fighters planned to exhume the dead bodies of British soldiers buried in Gaza and blackmail the government over their release, according to a document shared by Israeli officials. There are around 3000 Commonwealth troops buried in Gaza City following the First and Second World Wars and, according to a secret document shared with The Telegraph , Hamas forces intended to hold them "prisoner" to force the British government to acquiesce to their demands. According to the publication, IDF forces in Khan Younis found the seven-page document in January.

It was reported that the Israelis are of the view that the document was written on or around October 5 2022, shortly after the time then-Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she wanted the British embassy to be moved to Jerusalem. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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