Hamas: Gaza people will not be defeated by blockade or wars

Member of Hamas’s political bureau Khalil Hayya has affirmed that the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip will not be defeated by any political and economic blockade or wars, attributing this to their adherence to their religion and the holy Qur’an.

Hayya made his remarks on Monday during a ceremony held to honor memorizers of the holy Qur’an.

The Hamas official expressed his belief that “the different means of the blockade would never make Gaza deviate from the right path because its compass always points to Jerusalem.”

He also paid tribute to the new Qur’an memorizers in Gaza and urged the ministry of religious affairs to create an encyclopedia about the distinguished Palestinian memorizers of the holy Qur’an.