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An ISIS commander threatened to kidnap Lebanese women and children and end negotiations over the captive servicemen unless his wife and children, detained by authorities last week, are released soon, The Daily Star reported.

In a video posted on YouTube, Anas Sharkas, better known by his nom de guerre as Abu Ali Al-Shishani, addressed Sunnis in the northern city of Tripoli and in Lebanon, urging them to retaliate for the detention of his family.

“My wife, Ola Mithqal al-Oqaily, Um Ali (the mother of Ali), was taken two days ago from Tripoli, the city that is called the city of Islam and Muslims,” Shishani said, sitting in front of an ISIS flag with two masked gunmen at his sides.

Oqaili is being held in a prison cell at the Lebanese Defense Ministry next to ISIS chief Abu Bakr alBaghdadi’s ex-wife, Saja Dulaimi, who is now in her third week of detention, under strict control measures by female soldiers.

Shishani denied what he said were claims that the woman was Baghdadi’s wife, saying that Oqaily was his wife and the mother of his two children; a 4-year-old and a 6-month-old infant.

He also denied media reports that he was a commander in the Al-Qaeda-affiliate Nusra Front, saying he was willing to sacrifice his life and his family for the sake of Baghdadi, repeatedly praising the ISIS chief.