Abu Hamza: We will never abandon our prisoners

By Al Mayadeen English
24 Nov 2023 15:16
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In a broadcast address, the spokesperson for al-Quds Brigades says the Resistance faction will uphold the clauses of the humanitarian truce as long as 'Israel' does so.

Abu Hamza addresses the Palestinian people during a recorded broadcast, on November 24, 2023 (Al-Quds Brigades Military Media/Telegram)

Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), will release a number of Israeli captives, in line with the clauses of the mediated prisoners exchange deal between the Palestinian Resistance and the Israeli occupation, the spokesperson for the Brigades, Abu Hamza, said in a broadcasted address on Friday.

The military spokesperson confirmed al-Quds Briagdes' commitment to ceasing all military actions during the period of the humanitarian truce, which went into effect on Wednesday. However, Abu Hamza stressed that the Brigades will respond appropriately to any Israeli breaches of the agreement.

Moreover, the official underscored the Palestinian Resistance's dedication to the Palestinian cause and to freeing all Palestinian territories from the Israeli occupation.

"We are a nation that will never abandon [Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails]," the military spokesperson underlined.

He underlined that Palestinian prisoners "deserve [much more] from their Resistance and people."

Abu Hamza commended the Palestinian people and Resistance who faced the "region's most powerful, most oppressive, and most lethal army," confirming that the occupied West Bank is still an integral part of the "battle in the defense of Arab and Islamic honor."

The Unity of Battlefields evident

The spokesperson for al-Quds Brigades dedicated a section of his address to Resistance factions in the region, thanking the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon and Iraq, as well as the Yemeni Armed Forces for taking significant military action in support of Palestine.

Abu Hamza highlighted the "deadly concentrated hits" that the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon -Hezbollah is striking the Israeli occupation forces with on the border with Palestine. He also hailed the Resistance in Iraq that has been targeting the United States bases in Syria and Iraq.

The spokesperson paid special attention to the Yemenis' role in supporting the Palestinian Resistance, as they heavily target the occupied Palestinian town of Umm al-Rashrash or "Eilat".

He also pointed to Yemen's seizing of an Israeli ship at the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, saying the action restored the Arab identity of the Red Sea. Abu Hamza said the Yemeni Armed Forces sent a clear message to the occupation, telling "Israel" that it would never hold the maritime and legal rights in the Red Sea.

'Israel' failed to achieve its goals

Earlier on Friday, the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement, Ziyad al-Nakhalah, affirmed that achieving the temporary truce is an explicit recognition of the occupation's failure to achieve its objectives of unconditionally retaining its captives held in Gaza.

He stated that the agreement was reached due to the setbacks and losses suffered by the Israeli occupation forces while advancing on the battlefront, noting that the invading forces barely infiltrated an area of 50 square kilometers.

Al-Nakhalah explained in a televised speech that the intensified Israeli aggression faced increasingly valiant resistance, forcing the occupation to negotiate for the release of their captives.

The PIJ Secretary-General also added that the temporary truce wouldn't have taken place if the occupation hadn't suffered intense casualties on the battlefield.

Al-Nakhalah further affirmed that the Resistance "will not be broken nor will it surrender. We will continue to fight. This is our choice today more than ever." He pointed out that the Palestinian people, after all these sacrifices, express the will of all the free people of the world.

He concluded his speech by acknowledging the efforts of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon and the Resistance in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, who are supporting the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza in the fight against the Israeli occupation.