Hamas press conference on the 69th day of Al-Aqsa Flood:—In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Peace be upon our patient and steadfast people in the Gaza Strip, the proud and noble, firmly rooted on their land, defending their freedom, dignity, and independence, despite the crimes of killing, pain, hunger, and thirst. Blessings upon them and a good end, may relief and victory come soon by the will of Allah.

Peace be upon the men of the resistance in Gaza of dignity, the valiant heroes against the zionist enemy, those of strong resolve and fierce might.

Peace be upon the heroes of our victorious brigades: Al-Qassam Brigades, Saraya Al-Quds, and all the resistance fighters for the heavy toll they inflicted on the soldiers and officers of the Nazi occupation army, in killing, wounding, and disabling, and for the partial or total destruction they have inflicted on its equipment and vehicles.

Peace be upon the revolutionaries of our people in our proud West Bank, and those clashing with the occupation army in its cities, towns, and camps.

And peace be upon those stationed in the city of Al-Quds, Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the occupied interior, and upon all the masses of our people in the refugee camps and diaspora, who stand today as one solid block in the heroic Al-Aqsa Flood battle.

Mercy for the convoys of martyrs of our people in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Al-Quds, and the occupied interior, and in all the resistance arenas, freedom for the prisoners and detainees in the zionist enemy’s prisons, and a speedy recovery for the wounded and injured.

Our people and the masses of our nation and the free people of the world:

• This Nazi enemy has suffered a strategic loss and has been defeated in all fronts and fields of the ongoing Al-Aqsa Flood battle, politically, diplomatically, militarily, media-wise, and popularly, in the face of our people’s steadfastness on their land, and the strength and valor of our resistance, the justice of our cause, and the legitimacy of our rights.
• Al-Qassam Brigades promised that Gaza would be the graveyard (https://t.me/PalestineResist/22807) of the invaders..and their men have fulfilled their promise (https://t.me/PalestineResist/22969).. Thus, the enemy’s soldiers and officers return in pieces, or wounded or disabled.. and the enemy is forced to acknowledge over five thousand soldiers injured.
• The lies of the criminal Netanyahu have been exposed, and his claims, echoed by Biden and Blinken during the days of aggression, have fallen.
• Netanyahu and his war cabinet have nothing left but to declare their defeat and total failure in achieving any of their aggressive war objectives against our people in the Gaza Strip, and they have no choice but to immediately begin withdrawing their defeated army from the entire Gaza Strip, dragging the tails of humiliation and defeat.
• This Nazi enemy has experienced the strength, might, and pride of our people and resistance, throughout our extended history of struggle. Our people and resistance have never and will never know the term surrender in their dictionary. It is a struggle, resistance, patience, and sacrifice, for it is either victory or martyrdom.
• The signal that the occupation warlords want from the resistance, with the escalation of aggression, has been received by their army on the ground in Gaza. There will be no negotiation about any prisoner exchange deal until a complete cessation of the aggression.
• The continued encouragement by the U.S. administration for the Nazi occupation army to minimize civilian Palestinian casualties is a blatant mockery and disregard for the blood of our people. Every drop of blood shed of a child, infant, woman, or elder is the responsibility of the occupation and the U.S. administration.

Here we say: The blood and lives and suffering of our people are not for empty slogans and bargaining that fool no one. If you want to stop the random bombing, the savage killing, and the horrific massacres, instruct your representative in the Security Council not to use the veto.

Hamas press conference on the 69th day of Al-Aqsa Flood:
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Peace be upon our patient and steadfast people in the Gaza Strip, the proud and noble, firmly rooted on their land, defending their freedom, dignity, and independence, despite the crimes of killing, pain, hunger, and thirst. Blessings upon them and a good end, may relief and victory come soon by the will of Allah.

Peace be upon the men of the resistance in Gaza of dignity, the valiant heroes against the zionist enemy, those of strong resolve and fierce might.

Peace be upon the heroes of our victorious brigades: Al-Qassam Brigades, Saraya Al-Quds, and all the resistance fighters for the heavy toll they inflicted on the soldiers and officers of the Nazi occupation army, in killing, wounding, and disabling, and for the partial or total destruction they have inflicted on its equipment and vehicles.

Peace be upon the revolutionaries of our people in our proud West Bank, and those clashing with the occupation army in its cities, towns, and camps.

And peace be upon those stationed in the city of Al-Quds, Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the occupied interior, and upon all the masses of our people in the refugee camps and diaspora, who stand today as one solid block in the heroic Al-Aqsa Flood battle.

Mercy for the convoys of martyrs of our people in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Al-Quds, and the occupied interior, and in all the resistance arenas, freedom for the prisoners and detainees in the zionist enemy’s prisons, and a speedy recovery for the wounded and injured.

Our people and the masses of our nation and the free people of the world:

• This Nazi enemy has suffered a strategic loss and has been defeated in all fronts and fields of the ongoing Al-Aqsa Flood battle, politically, diplomatically, militarily, media-wise, and popularly, in the face of our people’s steadfastness on their land, and the strength and valor of our resistance, the justice of our cause, and the legitimacy of our rights.
• Al-Qassam Brigades promised that Gaza would be the graveyard (https://t.me/PalestineResist/22807) of the invaders..and their men have fulfilled their promise (https://t.me/PalestineResist/22969).. Thus, the enemy’s soldiers and officers return in pieces, or wounded or disabled.. and the enemy is forced to acknowledge over five thousand soldiers injured.
• The lies of the criminal Netanyahu have been exposed, and his claims, echoed by Biden and Blinken during the days of aggression, have fallen.
• Netanyahu and his war cabinet have nothing left but to declare their defeat and total failure in achieving any of their aggressive war objectives against our people in the Gaza Strip, and they have no choice but to immediately begin withdrawing their defeated army from the entire Gaza Strip, dragging the tails of humiliation and defeat.
• This Nazi enemy has experienced the strength, might, and pride of our people and resistance, throughout our extended history of struggle. Our people and resistance have never and will never know the term surrender in their dictionary. It is a struggle, resistance, patience, and sacrifice, for it is either victory or martyrdom.
• The signal that the occupation warlords want from the resistance, with the escalation of aggression, has been received by their army on the ground in Gaza. There will be no negotiation about any prisoner exchange deal until a complete cessation of the aggression.
• The continued encouragement by the U.S. administration for the Nazi occupation army to minimize civilian Palestinian casualties is a blatant mockery and disregard for the blood of our people. Every drop of blood shed of a child, infant, woman, or elder is the responsibility of the occupation and the U.S. administration.

Here we say: The blood and lives and suffering of our people are not for empty slogans and bargaining that fool no one. If you want to stop the random bombing, the savage killing, and the horrific massacres, instruct your representative in the Security Council not to use the veto.

Our movement has always been among its people, sharing their pain and hope. It has endeavored through all means, via its leadership’s continuous and earnest contacts with all parties, to alleviate the suffering of our people, provide their needs, intensify relief and aid operations, and meet the treatment requirements of the wounded and sick outside the Strop. We will spare no effort in continuing our diligent work and fulfilling our responsibilities towards our patient and steadfast people, until the aggression stops and our people enjoy freedom and independence.

In this context, we commend the work and role of government institutions and emergency committees in the Gaza Strip, who are working with multiples of their capacities and efforts in relief, sheltering, aid distribution, security maintenance, and providing services to citizens.

We confirm our openness to all efforts leading to the cessation of aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and to the release of our prisoners in the occupation’s prisons, leading to the formation of a national reference on the path to reclaiming our people’s national rights and establishing their independent Palestinian state with Al-Quds as its capital.

• Today marks the thirty-sixth anniversary of the launch of the Hamas movement (https://t.me/PalestineResist/22953), and we are living under the shadows of the glorious Al-Aqsa Flood battle, which inaugurated a new phase in our struggle with the brutal zionist occupier, who indulges in the blood of our people, denies our national rights, steals our land, and Judaizes our Islamic and Christian holy sites, with Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa Mosque at their heart. The Al-Aqsa Flood battle has become a symbol of steadfastness and resistance on the path to freedom, liberation from occupation, and the establishment of the Palestinian state with Al-Quds as its capital, God willing.
• The vote of 153 countries in the United Nations General Assembly to stop the occupation’s aggression on Gaza is renewed evidence of the isolation of this Nazi entity, and a clear indicator of the loss of the moral center for all those who did not vote to stop the aggression, led by the U.S. administration and the British government.
• The zionist occupation and President Biden’s administration, with their obstinacy and arrogance, and their refusal of all UN efforts and resolutions calling for a halt to the aggression, bear full responsibility for the continuation of massacres against our people, and the destruction that has affected all aspects of life in Gaza. This historical responsibility will not lapse with time, and the day will come when they are held accountable.
• Attempts by France and President Macron personally, in his conference held yesterday, Wednesday, in the French capital, with the participation of Western countries, to adopt a financial and media strategy against the movement, is a blatant bias towards the occupation and a direct engagement by France and all participating countries in the aggressive war waged by the Nazi occupation against our people.
• The announcement by the U.S. administration and the British government to impose sanctions on leading figures and cadres in the movement, comes in the context of the American and British governments’ collusion with the zionist entity in its aggression against our people, and their bias towards this Nazi war.

In conclusion, we reaffirm the following:

• We categorically reject all the occupier’s aggressive plans to displace our people from the Gaza Strip, through crimes of killing, starvation, and thirst. These plans will shatter in the face of our people’s steadfastness, their persistence on their land, and the valor of our resistance.
• To all those dreaming and seeking the future of Gaza after the aggression, save your effort and time and use it to explore the future of the zionist entity after its aggression. As for Gaza, its future is in the hands of its children and steadfast people, and the heroes of its resistance. Gaza will remain an integral and cherished part of a fully sovereign Palestinian state with Al-Quds as its capital… We say and reaffirm: no state in Gaza, and no state without Gaza.

Mercy for the martyrs. Speedy recovery for the wounded. Freedom for the prisoners. Victory for our people and our resistance. It is indeed a jihad of victory or martyrdom.