Abu Hamza confirms relentless retaliation against Israeli crimes

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
9 Oct 2023 23:45
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In a speech, the military spokesperson of al-Quds Brigades warns the Israeli occupation against killing civilians and bombing their residences.

A screengrab from footage released by al-Quds Brigades shows Abu Hamza, the military spokesperson of the Brigades, on October 9, 2023. (Al-Quds Brigades/Telegram)

Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), has warned the Israeli occupation from targeting the residences and murdering civilians, Spokesperson Abu Hamza said in a statement.

Addressing the Israeli officials, Abu Hamza said if the Israeli occupation wanted to maintain the safety of its captive soldiers, officers, and settlers, it must stop targeting residential areas and civilians.

The spokesperson of al-Quds Brigades said if "Israel" continues to target civilians in the Gaza Strip, the Israelis held captive by the Brigades will face the same fate as Ron Arad, the infamous IOF pilot who disappeared in 1986 in Lebanon.

"This message is to the enemy, monitor the behavior of your Army for the sake of your people [who your Army] deliberately murders and ends their life carelessly," Abu Hamza underlined, in reference to the four Israeli captives killed by an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip.

He then addressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who he said has falsely claimed that the Palestinian Resistance had killed children and women in its operations behind enemy lines, saying he had done so to "justify the genocides which humanity is ashamed of the cruelty [it has inflicted]."

He added that human rights activists all over the world who "boast about laws and regulations that protect humanity" and remain silent regarding the crimes committed by the IOF in Palestine should feel ashamed. He added that "Palestinians are asked to live and die according to the diktats of the Israeli occupation."

Abu Hamza reiterated the legal right of the Palestinian Resistance to defend its people in the face of crimes that are "committed every minute," adding that the Resistance will continue to relentlessly retaliate against "Israel", in the face of a "barbaric and hysteric" aggression that reflects the results of ongoing confrontation on the battlefield.

Abu Obeida sternly warns the IOF

In a similar light, the military spokesperson for Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida, announced that every Israeli targeting of a Palestinian home in Gaza without prior warning will be "regrettably" met by executing an Israeli captive.

He added that the execution process will be broadcast in both audio and video, explaining that this decision came after the Israeli enemy committed several massacres against safe children, women, and the elderly in their homes.

The Resistance is so far acting in accordance with Islamic rulings by keeping the Israeli captives safe and sound, Abu Obeida stressed.

However, he warned that the Israeli occupation entity will be held "responsible for targeting the Palestinian people, especially in the Gaza Strip," adding that "the Israeli enemy does not understand the language of humanity and ethics, and we will address it in the language it knows."

'Israel' compensates for military failure with genocide

The Israeli occupation Air Force has conducted hundreds of consecutive and violent airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, targeting towers, residential buildings, and service facilities, causing devastating destruction to civilian properties and infrastructure and resulting in the deaths and injuries of mostly women, children, and elderly.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza reported that the occupation is employing white phosphorus bombs in its brutal attacks on Palestinians in Gaza.

Since Saturday, when Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was launched, Israeli occupation forces have employed white phosphorus bombs during their airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. More than 600 Palestinians have been killed so far, and no fewer than 2,900 other citizens have been injured in various ways, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.