Zionists to have missile rain if attacks continue: Resistance

A top Hamas official says the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, will rain down its rockets on Israel as long as the new wave of attacks by the Tel Aviv regime on the Gaza Strip continues.

“If the Israeli aggression continues, it is clear that the Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades and Hamas will attack the Israelis, the Israeli soldiers and the Israeli decision-makers,” Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said at a press conference in Gaza on Thursday.

He added, “We will launch our rockets just like rain. Rains of rockets will pour down on them.”

Meanwhile, another Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said they would not consider a truce with Israel for now.

“We will not be exposed to further tricks by the occupation. We consider talk of a truce at this time an attempt to provide more cover for the continuation of the escalation on Gaza,” he said.

Abu Zuhri was responding to earlier remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Tel Aviv will take whatever action necessary against Gaza Strip.

The new wave of Israeli aggression on Gaza has claimed at least 17 lives since Wednesday. Ahmed al-Ja’abari, the popular and influential head of the Hamas military wing, the Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades, was assassinated in an Israeli attack on his car on Wednesday.

The Israeli military frequently carries out airstrikes and other attacks on Gaza Strip, saying the actions are being conducted for defensive purposes. However, in violation of international law disproportionate force is always used and civilians are often killed or injured.

Gaza has been blockaded since 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.

The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.