Jul 01, 2021 06:23 UTC
  • Resistance has many ‘powerful cards’ to play against Israel: Haniyeh in Lebanon

Hamas’ Political Bureau chief says the Palestinian resistance has many strong options it can use to deter the Israeli enemy from taking wrongful steps against the Palestinian nation.

Ismail Haniyeh made the remarks on Wednesday in Lebanon, where he arrived four days ago at the head of a delegation hailing from the Gaza Strip-headquartered resistance movement, the Palestinian Shehab news agency reported. The Hamas’ official has taken the trip to hold meetings with senior Lebanese officials and others.

The resistance has many “powerful cards” at its disposal that can create deterrence in the face of the Zionist occupier and prevent its atrocities, the official said while meeting with the representatives of the Palestinian groups in Lebanon, civil campaigners, and others.

He addressed the issue of the resistance groups’ Operation Sword of al-Quds. The groups launched the defensive campaign on May 11, days after the Israeli regime turned a deaf ear to their earlier ultimatum and kept assaulting their compatriots and their sanctities in the occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank.

Upwards of 4,000 rockets were fired towards the Occupied Territories during the operation, killing 11 Israelis and causing millions of dollars in damage to the occupying regime’s various structures and facilities.

The rockets flew throughout the entire expanse of the territories, reaching as far as Tel Aviv, the holy occupied city of al-Quds, and even northern-lying cities such as Haifa and Nazareth, forcing the regime to desperately demand a ceasefire.

The Palestinian factions had so far fended off several wholesale Israeli wars, but the recent victory marked the most decisive one to ever be scored by them given its grand scale and manner of achievement.

Haniyeh said the operation united the entire Palestinian nation whether inside or outside the Palestinian territories around the option of resistance.

To Israel’s outrage, he added, Gaza would eventually recover from the damage that the Israeli military has afflicted on it during the war.

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