Hamas releases sick pics of dead hostage ‘murdered by guard’ as mum blasts ‘psychological warfare’ amid ceasefire talks

HAMAS has released photos of a hostage it claims a guard recently killed, only for the Israeli man’s body to have been recovered last year.

Shameless Hamas has posted the twisted “psychological warfare” image after it revealed Monday one of its guards had gunned down a prisoner.

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Ofir Tzarfati was killed by Hamas after being kidnapped in the October 7 terror attack[/caption]

Ofir’s mum Richelle called the post ‘deplorable psychological warfare’

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Hamas spokesman Abu Obaida (Right) claimed it was Israel’s fault the guard had killed Ofir[/caption]

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Ofir was kidnapped from the Supernova music festival before his body was recovered two months later[/caption]

Hamas’ murder claim on Monday was light on details, with the group yesterday posting a photo of the hostage who had supposedly died – 27-year-old Ofir Tzarfati.

But, Ofir was instead shot and wounded when he was kidnapped from the Supernova music festival on October 7.

On November 27, the IDF declared he was dead with his body being recovered from Gaza on December 1, the Times of Israel reported.

A new photo released by Hamas as part of their claim shows Ofir’s bloodied body in a white sheet with the caption: “an unfortunate incident!”

The image also claims: “Your brutality has become an imminent danger to your prisoners”.

His mother has blasted Hamas’ actions using the image of her son as “deplorable psychological warfare”.

Richelle Tzarfati said in a statement: “I am choosing not to look at the photo Hamas published and to remember Ofir as he was — a perfect, handsome, smiling, happy man, and not like Hamas decided to do today via deplorable psychological warfare.”

Hamas launched an investigation into the killing and said the guard had killed Ofir in a “vengeful manner”.

Spokesperson Abu Obaida said the killing didn’t represent the group’s “ethics”.

A statement read: “After investigating the killing of an enemy prisoner by his guard, it was found that the guard assigned to him acted in a vengeful manner contrary to instructions after receiving news of the martyrdom of his two children in one of the enemy’s massacres.”

The post comes as last chance ceasefire talks started yesterday in Doha, Qatar.

Hamas has refused to meet its counterparts, but intermediaries from Egypt and Qatar are in close contact with the terror group and it is still hoped they can push them into agreement.

In a statement on Monday, Hamas posted about the ‘new’ death but did not not say who it was or when they had died.

They only claimed the hostage had been killed by a guard and blamed Israel for it.

Spokesperson Obaida said: “The enemy government (Israel) bears full responsibility for these massacres and the resulting reactions that affect the lives of Zionist prisoners.”

The IDF said it had no “intelligence” about the alleged killing at the time.

Obaida also threatened to execute Israeli hostages and release footage of the killings at the beginning of the war.

Israel has previously dismissed Hamas’ statements on the deaths of hostages as psychological warfare.

Mum Richelle also said: “What’s important today is for the developing deal to be implemented successfully. 

“There are 115 hostages who must return home—the living for rehabilitation and the deceased for proper Jewish burial.

“What’s important today is that the team succeeds and does everything possible to return home with a deal. Everyone needs to come back home, every single person. And now.”

Hamas’ threat comes as Iran is set to strike Israel following the killing of Hamas’ political leader and the October 7 mastermind.

The coming bombardment is expected to be even bigger than when the Ayatollah tried to blitz Israel with an unprecedented missile and drone blitz back on April 13.

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The IDF says around 75 hostages are still alive and captive of Hamas[/caption]

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