Hamas official in Lebanon: fascist crimes in Gaza sponsored by US

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
18 Oct 2023 15:26

Hamas representative in Lebanon calls on all the region to mobilize and demonstrate in all city squares next Friday in support of Palestine.

Hamas representative in Lebanon Osama Hamdan during a press conference in Lebanon, October 18, 2023 (screen grab)

Osama Hamdan, the representative of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Lebanon, affirmed that the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital massacre in Gaza was a heinous fascist crime that was committed by Israeli forces and sponsored by the US government.

Hamdan held America and the collective West fully responsible for all Israeli massacres, including the latest massacre at Al-Ahli: emphasizing the failure of the occupation's propaganda and media manipulation at demonizing the resistance and the Palestinian people.

"The battle of the Al-Aqsa Flood is legitimized by our people's [Palestinian people's] right to defend themselves, their land, and their sanctities," Hamdan said, adding that "The Palestinian people will not be broken, but will only grow more determined to defend their legitimate national rights, and we praise their legendary courage."

The Hamas official also called for opening the border crossings for aid entry and the rapid establishment of field hospitals. He also called on UNRWA not to abandon its responsibilities.

Hamdan called on all the region to mobilize and demonstrate in all city squares next Friday in support of Palestine.

Last night, angry protests erupted in several countries following the massacre that the Israeli occupation committed against civilians in al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza.

In Washington, D.C., demonstrators outside the White House accused US President Joe Biden's administration of aiding the Israeli occupation in committing the massacre, which resulted in the martyrdom of at least 500 people.

In Canada, the city of Windsor near the US border witnessed a protest in condemnation of the heinous crime, with other Canadian cities of Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto also seeing similar protests.

The protesters chanted slogans calling on the US government to condemn the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and to stop financial support to the Israeli occupation military amid the ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip.

In Lebanon, hundreds of angry youths raising Palestinian flags and koufiyyeh scarves demonstrated outside the US embassy in the suburb of Awkar and the French embassy in Beirut, denouncing the two country's complicity in the Israeli occupation's crimes against the Palestinian people.

The Palestinian refugee camps in the southern cities of Saida and Tyre erupted in anger as Palestinian factions in Lebanon called for mass rallies on Wednesday to condemn the al-Ahli Hospital massacre.