A senior leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Osama Hamdan, said in a press conference in Beirut that the situation in the Gaza Strip is more complex and better than the occupation thinks, and the Israeli army’s marketing of the transition to the third phase of the war is false and exposed propaganda for the Palestinian people and the resistance, and a desperate attempt to pass it off as an achievement at the expense of The blood of the people of Gaza.

He added that the idea of disarming the resistance is naïve and does not take into account the facts of the matter, and talk about the resistance’s exit and departure is just an illusion. He added that the Israeli enemy failed, 3 months after the start of its aggression, to achieve any of its goals, and stressed that the detainees will not return alive to their families unless conditions are met. Resistance, the first of which is the complete cessation of aggression.

He said that the occupation targeted all civilians, especially children and women, and did not allow a crime without committing it using all internationally prohibited weapons, in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. He pointed out that the crimes of the occupation were not limited to the Gaza Strip only, but also extended to the areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem, through the siege of the cities, Camps, arrest campaigns, and the destruction of homes and infrastructure, in addition to the deliberate assassination of Palestinians.

Hamdan called on the International Court of Justice not to yield to the pressures sought by the American administration to disrupt the work of the court, adding that the failure of the American administration to issue a decision to stop the aggression destroys its alleged moral image. The leader said with enthusiasm, “We expect serious action from the newly appointed chief humanitarian coordinator from the United Nations to end the suffering.” Civilians in all areas of the Gaza Strip.

Source: Al Jazeera