Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official in Lebanon, conveyed crucial messages on behalf of the Palestinian Resistance movement in a press conference held in Beirut on Sunday, January 7.
Addressing the staggering human toll and destruction inflicted by the Israeli war machine since October 7, Hamdan vehemently criticized Israeli push for what it terms ‘voluntary migration,’ dismissing it as an attempt to ethnically cleanse Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Expressing gratitude to South Africa for its courage and solidarity in holding ‘Israel’ accountable to international law, Hamdan delivered powerful excerpts during the briefing.
“The repeated statements by the criminal leaders of the occupation about what they call the ‘voluntary migration of the residents of Gaza’ by the failure of Netanyahu and his ministers (Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir – PC) and other Nazi extremists, are nothing but expressions of illusions and dreams that will not come true. These foreign settlers will once again and forever migrate back to their original homelands,” he said.
“We specifically address the so-called Smotrich, this Nazi settler, the originator and promoter of this idea, that he will soon return to the land of his ancestors in Ukraine. We reiterate that the Gaza Strip will be exclusively Palestinian, and our people will decide its present and future, which will be an integral part of an independent State of Palestine with full sovereignty, with its capital in Al-Quds (East Jerusalem),” Hamdan added.
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He vehemently asserted that the recent cowardly assassination of Hamas’ Deputy Head Saleh al-Arouri would not break the will and resistance of the Palestinian people. Hamdan warned that the assassination would not weaken the resolve of the resistance, promising a response that would teach ‘Israel’ a lesson.
Providing grim statistics, Hamdan outlined the extensive human cost of the conflict, emphasizing the destruction of civil facilities and infrastructure in Gaza.
He condemned the deliberate targeting and killing of Palestinian journalists, detailed the ongoing destruction of archaeological sites, and reaffirmed the Palestinian people’s determination to decide the future of Gaza. “The crimes of bombing and deliberate killing of Palestinian journalists continue, with 109 journalists martyred, the latest being: the martyred journalist Hamza Al-Dahdouh , son of journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh, and the martyred journalist Mustafa Thuraya, in a Zionist attempt to terrorize journalists and deter them from conveying the truth,” Hamdan said.
Hamdan concluded by acknowledging the support of South Africa and called upon the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the African Union to endorse South Africa’s stance. He urged these organizations to file lawsuits in international courts against Israel for its alleged crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and genocide.
Source: Al-Manar English Website
