Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Politburo of the Palestinian Hamas movement, said that residents of the Gaza Strip will not leave the region during the conflicts and will not seek refuge in Egypt. This was reported by RIA News.
According to him, the Palestinian people have the right to live in their own land, they will not flee Gaza or the West Bank.
“I tell my brothers in Egypt that our decision is to stay in our land and resist the Zionist plan supported by the American administration,” Haniyeh said.
Before this, it was known that there was not even a single foreign citizen yet. not allowed Leave Gaza at the Rafah checkpoint on the Egyptian border.
7 October Hamas forces launched Several thousand rockets were fired at Israel and the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was announced. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords”; One of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli Air Force applied Hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip were attacked, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the strip. 13 October Israel reported The UN said 1.1 million Palestinians should be evacuated to southern Gaza within 24 hours before a ground operation in Gaza.
Previously Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant promiseHe said the “unprecedented response” to the Gaza Strip would be remembered for 50 years.
Source: Gazeta
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