Abu Obeida, the spokesman for Hamas’s armed wing al-Qassam Brigades, made a televised appearance on Monday, marking one year of Israel’s war on Gaza.
In his speech, Abu Obeida addressed several key themes, reiterating that the Palestinian people are committed to the struggle for liberation.
He also praised the support fronts in Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq, which showed real solidarity with the Palestinian people.
“A year has passed since the most professional and successful commando operation in modern times shook the Zionist enemy and changed the face of the region,“ Abu Obeida saod.
He emphasized that this operation came in response to Israel’s expansion of “settlements, Judaization, aggression against prisoners, violation of all taboos, and the complete siege imposed on Gaza.”
“The Palestinian people have shown legendary steadfastness despite those close to us letting us down and the cowardice and collusion of regimes.”
“Despite the brutality of the enemy and the forces of oppression behind them, headed by the US administration and some Western governments, we salute our great people whose sacrifices will not be in vain,” he vowed.
On the other hand, he spoke about the fate of the Israeli captives being held in Gaza.
“When it comes to the captives – I would like to tell the occupation and the families of the captives, that you could have freed all the hostages alive a year ago. But Netanyahu’s ambitions were always against the captives and against the families of the captives,” he said.
“We have decided since day one to keep the captives in a safe place because we follow the rules of our religion and the rules of humanity. We are keeping them in a safe place for a prisoner swap,” he added.
