The New York Times spoke to several Hamas leaders. According to them, the aim of the terrorist attack on Israel was to revive the “Palestinian cause.” The many deaths on our own side were therefore the necessary price.
According to a report in the New York Times, the Islamist Hamas consciously accepted an escalation of the conflict with the bloody terrorist attack on Israel on October 7th. In the Islamists’ interpretation, the goal is to revive the faltering Palestinian cause through violence, the newspaper wrote on Wednesday, citing conversations with several Hamas representatives.
It was necessary to “change the entire equation and not just have a clash,” said Chalil al-Haja from the Hamas leadership to the newspaper in Doha. “We managed to put the Palestinian issue back on the table and now there is no peace for anyone in the region.”
Hamas: Many victims on the Palestinian side as a necessary price
In the eyes of Hamas, the many victims on the Palestinian side as a result of Israel’s reaction are the necessary price to pay for this, the newspaper writes. The organization’s calculation is to shake the status quo and open a new, explosive chapter in the fight against Israel.
“I hope that the state of war with Israel on all borders will be permanent and that the Arab world will be on our side,” the New York Times quoted Taher al-Nunu, whom the newspaper described as Hamas’s media advisor.
“The equation should be changed”
“What could change the equation would be a major action, and it was undoubtedly clear that the reaction to this major action would be large,” said Khalil al-Haja. “We had to tell people that the Palestinian cause will not die.”
Hamas’ goal is not to rule the Gaza Strip or to supply it with water and electricity. “This battle did not take place because we wanted fuel or manpower,” he added, according to the newspaper. “It wasn’t about improving the situation in Gaza. This battle is intended to completely overturn the situation.”
Source: Stern
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