Shallah: Jihad and Hamas are partners in war and peace

Ramadan Shallah, secretary-general of the Islamic Jihad Movement, announced a new ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip on Thursday evening arranged by Egypt, saying that Hamas movement agreed to it.

We had signed a ceasefire agreement under Egyptian mediation, but we did not sign an instrument of surrender, he continued. We were patient with Israeli violations, but patience has limits.

He added that his movement and Hamas are partners in war and peace, noting that there is a general agreement on Palestinian factions’ right of resistance.

We cannot remain silent before Israeli escalation and settlement construction, Shallah said.

Jihad movement’s Secretary General said that there is a Palestinian consensus to respond on Israeli violations, stressing that Israeli enemy knows carefully the strength the Palestinian resistance.

Commenting on Hamas, Shallah said that it is on the top of the pyramid. We are in the same trench, and we share understandable relationship, according to him.

He said that no peace can be achieved with the Israelis, describing the situation in West Bank as a clinical death.

Shallah stated that Palestinian resistance is able to defend itself against the Israeli military aggression.