Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday confirmed that a few of his sons had been killed previously in the day by an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
“I thank God for this honor that he bestowed on us with the martyrdom of my a few sons and some grandchildren,” Haniyeh is quoted as declaring to Al Jazeera as a reaction to the fatalities.
Al-Aqsa Television, a station run by the Palestinian militia Hamas, noted that Hazem, Ameer and Mohammed Haniyeh were being killed with other family associates in the strike around the Shati refugee camp in Gaza Metropolis.
According to Al-Aqsa TV’s report, the brothers ended up using in a auto that was struck by an Israeli drone. In addition to the bothers, a daughter of Hazem Haniyeh and a son and daughter of Amir were also reportedly killed in the incident.
Newsweek reached out to Israel’s Ministry of Defense through e mail for comment.
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Haniyeh once served as primary minister of the Palestinian Authority prior to he was dismissed from the post by the group’s President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007. In 2017, Haniyeh was elected chairman of Hamas’ political bureau.
The Associated Press (AP) referred to Ismail Haniyeh’s sons as being “between the greatest-profile figures to be killed in the war” that commenced following Hamas led a shock assault on Israel on Oct 7.
Around 1,200 men and women were being killed and a different 253 taken hostage in the assault, when Gaza overall health officials say that Israel’s actions have induced the fatalities of a lot more than 33,000 Palestinians, as cited by the AP.
While speaking with Al Jazeera, the Qatar-primarily based Haniyeh stated his sons’ fatalities will be employed as inspiration for Hamas’ result in.
“Their pure blood is for the liberation of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa, and we will go on to march on our road, and will not wait and will not falter,” he explained. “With their blood, we convey about hope, a long term and flexibility for our people today and our cause.
“Our demands are clear and certain and we will not make concessions on them. The enemy will be delusional if it thinks that focusing on my sons, at the climax of the negotiations and right before the movement sends its response, will press Hamas to alter its place.”
The Hamas main also reported his group would not withdraw its requires of a long-lasting ceasefire and the return of displaced Palestinians to their houses.
He added, “The blood of my sons is not dearer than the blood of our men and women…All the martyrs of Palestine are my children.”
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