Following the release of the three Israeli hostages, Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari, to IDF forces this evening (Sunday), Hamas' spokesperson Abu Ubaida addressed his people.
He started by hailing the martyrs of the war, notably Ismail Haniye, Salih al-Arurui and Yahya Sinwar, whose martyrdom is recognized worldwide and are a model of excellence in this war; as well as all the martyrs of this war.
He went on to decry the "despicable war that the Zionists waged on the Al-Aqsa mosque, on the West Bank, on Gaza and on our people...The Zionist enemy is a plague in this region and all his plans will come to no good. And all his military efforts of the Zionist entity during the Battle of al-Aqsa Flood ('Swords of Iron') will end in failure against our free people. All his efforts at trying to be a part of our region will come to naught."
He continued: "We take our responsibility for our brothers in the occupied West Bank, who have risen to the occasion despite the occupation. We give a special shout out to our brothers in Jenin, who are heroes who stand with their brothers in Gaza."
Ubeida stated that "we came to agreements in order to stop the aggression of the Zionist enemy, in its war of genocide against our people. Reaching these agreements was a goal of ours for many months, in fact, since the beginning of its aggression. To stop the ongoing genocide. We and all the factions are in agreement with regards a ceasefire, and to keeping the clauses in the agreement, in order to put in end to the killing, and to get back our prisoners. And this is only if the enemy sticks to the agreement. We call on all the factions to uphold to the agreement."
He went on to thank his brothers in Yemen, Lebanon, Iran and Iraq for siding with Gazans' in this historic struggle. As well as the peoples who stood by the Gazans from Tangiers to Jakarta as well as in thousands of cities throughout the world, who protested the genocide of our people.
In conclusion he stated that "the Gazans would rebuild what has been destroyed. Allah will open the gates of Hell open upon those who tried to destroy us, his punishment will be great without a doubt We have paid a heavy price but this will lead to great victory, and every drop of blood spilt is for the victory of our people."
He called on his people to "follow the path of heroism that was shown on the battlefield, and to be strong and steadfast and so be victorious against our enemy as we stand together, and continue our jihad and our martyrdom."
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