Hamas warns Israel against any attack on resistance leaders
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned that any Israeli attack on the leaders of the Gaza-based movement will face a “strong” response.
Hamas made the remark in a press statement on Sunday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to assassinate Saleh al-Arouri, deputy head of the Hamas political bureau, and other resistance leaders in response to the growing retaliatory operations by Palestinians against the regime in the occupied West Bank.
The movement denounced Netanyahu’s threat as “empty remarks that will not intimidate the resistance.”
“We are preparing for an all-out war, and we are closely discussing the prospects of this war with all relevant parties… If we reach the point of an all-out confrontation, Israel will face an unprecedented defeat in its history, and we are confident of that,” Arouri warned.
The Israeli oppression of Palestinians has seen a sharp rise under Netanyahu’s cabinet, which is composed of far-right Zionist parties that oppose Palestinian statehood and support settlement expansion in the occupied territories.
Over the past months, the regime has intensified attacks on Palestinian towns. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed and many arrested.
According to the United Nations, 2023 is already the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since the UN began recording fatalities in 2005. The previous year, 2022, had been the most lethal year with 150 Palestinians killed, of whom 33 were minors, as reported by the UN.
