10/8/2024–|Last updated: 10/8/202410:15 AM (Mecca time)
The head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) abroad, Khaled Meshal, confirmed that Hamas is rising and regaining its health like “the Palestinian genie and the Palestinian phoenix,” pointing to the continuation of recruiting fighters and manufacturing weapons.
On the first anniversary of the Al-Aqsa flood on October 7, Meshaal – in an interview with Reuters – described the confrontations with the occupation as a round of a broader conflict that has been extending for 76 years and has its roots in the “Nakba” when many Palestinians were displaced during the 1948 war. Which coincided with the establishment of Israel.
Mishal (68 years old) added, “Palestinian history consists of rounds and stations.”
He continued, “There comes a point in which we lose martyrs and part of our military capabilities, then the Palestinian giant and the Palestinian phoenix regain health, thanks to God Almighty, and so on over 70 years.”
Although he admitted that Hamas’ combat capabilities had depleted during a year of confrontations, Meshaal said that Hamas was still capable of setting up ambushes and engaging in confrontations with Israeli forces.
Meshaal said that the military force of the Islamic Resistance Movement is present, and Hamas has repositioned itself in all combat sites in Gaza and is still ambushing the enemy army, stressing that there is control over the management of the battle.
While he referred to the (loss) of martyred leaders and part of the ammunition, he stressed that Hamas is still recruiting young men and manufacturing an important part of its ammunition and weapons.
Yesterday, Meshaal confirmed – in a television speech on the occasion of the anniversary of the Al-Aqsa flood – that this battle returned Israel to “point zero and threatened its existence.”
He described the Al-Aqsa flood battle as “a natural response to the occupation and the acceleration of its plans for settlement, siege, and aggression against Al-Aqsa, liquidating the issue, and escalating crimes of abuse against prisoners.”
The head of Hamas abroad added that this attack was also “an objective shift in the path of the resistance’s development and the accumulation of its strength, experience, and creativity, in light of its leadership’s insistence on the strategy of liberation and getting rid of the occupation.”