Jenin victory ushered in ‘new era’ in resistance superiority: Islamic Jihad Leader

Secretary-General of the Palestinian resistance movement Islamic Jihad Ziad al-Nakhala says the recent battle in the occupied West Back city of Jenin ushered in a “new era” in the superiority of the resistance over the Israeli military.

The Islamic Jihad’s official website quoted Nakhala as making the statement in phone conversations on Sunday with the families of a number of martyrs from the deadly Israeli assault on Jenin and its refugee camp earlier in the week.

Nakhala hailed as a “great triumph” for the resistance groups the Israeli regime’s defeat in its recent aggression on Jenin and stressed that the movement takes pride in “every drop of blood” in the latest battle.

Underlining the solid will of the Palestinians in confronting the Israeli regime, Nakhala said the victory was an extension of all the heroic battles led by the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, and other resistance groups.

“What happened in the Jenin camp is a great triumph in the face of the Zionist aggression, led by the Jenin Battalion in the al-Quds Brigades and all the resistance forces,” he said.

“What happened establishes a new era that the upper hand is for our people and their solid resistance.”

Nakhala also expressed gratitude to the residents of Jenin and its refugee camp for their support for the resistance fighters and their combat against Israel.

Israel launched the military campaign against Jenin in the early hours of July 3, mobilizing upwards of 1,000 troops as means of supposedly damaging the resistance “infrastructure” in the city and the refugee camp that it hosts.