Hamas: ‘We’re ready for long war,’ won’t give up resistance

A senior Hamas official has reaffirmed the Gaza Strip-based Palestinian resistance movement’s determination to continue standing up to the Israeli regime, which has brought the coastal sliver under an unrelenting genocidal war.

Osama Hamdan, Hamas’ senior representative in Lebanon, made the remarks in an exclusive interview with Press TV on Wednesday, the 68th day of the war.

According to the official, the movement is ready for “a long war” against the Israeli regime, and would not give up resistance.

The Israeli regime has been waging the war against Gaza since October 7 following an operation staged by the territory’s resistance groups, dubbed Operation al-Aqsa Storm, during which hundreds were taken captive.

Also on Wednesday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said 18,608 people, mostly women and children, had been killed, and 50,594 others injured in the Israeli strikes so far.

Palestinian and other regional officials have warned that through its unbridled aggression, the Israeli regime pursues a policy of resettling the people of Gaza in Egypt.

Hamdan said the United States — which has been throwing unreserved military and political support behind the Israeli war — and some European countries backed the regime’s plan to forcibly relocate Gazans to Egypt.