A Hamas official has promised that the Palestinian terrorist group will repeat its Oct. 7 massacre of Israelis “again and again” to bring about the Jewish state’s “annihilation.”
Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas’ political bureau and a spokesman for the Iran-backed terror organization, told Lebanon’s LBC TV in an Arabic language interview on Oct. 24 that Israel “must be finished.”
“We must teach Israel a lesson, and we will do this again and again,” Hamad said. “[The Oct. 7 massacre] is just the first time and there will be a second, a third, a fourth … the occupation must come to an end.”
Asked if by ending “the occupation” he meant the “annihilation” of Israel, Hamad replied, “Yes, of course.”
“The existence of Israel is what causes all that pain, blood, and tears,” he said. “It is Israel, not us. We are the victims of the occupation. Period. Therefore, nobody should blame us for the things we do. On Oct. 7 … everything we do is justified.”
Hamad added, in English to emphasize the point, “It is justified.”
Hamad’s comments were first translated on Wednesday by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
On Saturday, Hamad made headlines for storming out of a BBC interview when he was asked about Hamas murdering entire families in their beds during the Oct. 7 massacre.
“How do you justify killing people as they sleep, families?” the BBC’s Hugo Bachega asked.
“I want to stop this interview,” Hamad said, ripping off his microphone and throwing it on the ground.
The UK’s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Wednesday said that Hamad’s comments were proof that there can be no peace with Hamas.
“How can there be peace when Hamas are committed to the eradication of Israel?” Cleverly posted on X/Twitter. “This is an official from Hamas committing to repeat the atrocities from 07/10 again and again.”
On Oct. 7, Hamas invaded Israel from neighboring Gaza, which it controls, and killed 1,400 people, mostly civilians, injured thousands more, and kidnapped over 200 people as hostages in the deadliest single-day slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust.
Israel Daily News– War Day 30, November 05, 2023
