Within a year of Hamas attacks against Israeli territory, the movement’s spokesperson affirmed that its “choice is to continue the confrontation.” According to the Hamas Ministry of Health, 41,909 members of the movement have died since the beginning of the conflict in the Gaza Strip.
The armed wing of Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamasstated this Monday that they will hold a “long battle of attrition” against Israel, a year after its deadly October 7 attack on Israeli territory.
“Our choice is to continue the confrontation in a battle of attrition long, painful and costly for the enemy“said the spokesman for the Ezedin al Qassam brigades, Abu Obeidain a video broadcast by the Qatari channel AI Jazeera.
He stated that the attack carried out a year ago by the Palestinian Islamist movement against Israel, was “preventive” and was intended to thwart an Israeli plan that, according to him, included “a major attack against the resistance in Gaza,” and whose preparation had reached “its final stages.”
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Obeida also highlighted the risks that weigh on 97 hostages who are still in Gaza, of whom 34 were declared dead by the Israeli army, of the 251 people kidnapped that day.
The attack caused 1,206 deathsincluding the hostages who died during their captivity. “We are telling (the Israelis) that they could have gotten all their hostages back alive a year ago if they had served the ambitions of Benjamin Netanyahu (Israeli Prime Minister),” Abu Obeida said.
But “after the death of numerous enemy hostages (…) because of his army and his government, the psychological situation and health of the remaining hostages has become very difficult, and the risks that weigh on them increase day by day,” added the spokesperson.
The Israeli response has left at least 41,909 dead in the Gaza Strip in one year, according to data from Hamas Health Ministryand the armed wing of the movement has stated that it will continue fighting the Israeli army, “exhausting its capabilities of security and defensedisturbing its balance and inflicting great economic losses and militaryHamas previously claimed responsibility for rocket fire at Tel Aviv on Monday.
Source: Ambito
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