Abbas on Israel’s response to Hamas’ terror war: “A barbaric aggressive war” and “Satanic plan”
Abbas on Israel’s response to Hamas’ terror war: “A barbaric aggressive war” and “Satanic plan” to make us leave
Speech by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas for the occasion of “Palestinian Independence Day,” marking the issuing of the Palestinian declaration of independence – see note below
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “We are dealing with a barbaric aggressive war and an open war of annihilation to which our people in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank including Jerusalem, our eternal capital, are being subjected (i.e., the 2023 Gaza war). A massacre that the occupation state (i.e., Israel) is committing before the eyes and ears of the world in order to break our willpower and uproot our national existence in our land, the land of our ancestors, where our people has lived for more than 6,000 years… We will always reject all the plans of expelling our people from their homeland. These satanic plans are not hidden from us… We have always thwarted them, and we will continue to stand firm against them with full force, because Palestine is our only homeland, to which we will not agree to receive an alternative. And if there is someone who needs to leave our land, then it is the occupation (i.e., Israel) and only the occupation.”
[Official PA TV, Nov. 15, 2023]
Hamas war on Israel October 2023 - Over 1,100 Israelis, including over 800 civilians, were murdered and over 5,000 wounded, in addition to approximately 251 who were abducted into the Gaza Strip (including 153 later released or liberated - among them 36 whose bodies were retrieved - and at least 41 who were killed on Oct. 7 whose bodies were abducted to Gaza), in a Hamas terror war that began when approximately 3,000 Hamas terrorists and thousands of Gazan civilians broke through Israel's security fence at the Gaza Strip border and launched a surprise attack, taking control of several Israeli towns and attacking a music festival on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, which fell on the Sabbath, Oct. 7, 2023. During the massacre the terrorists tortured, raped, shot, beheaded, and burned their victims alive, murdering entire families and leaving at least 21 children without parents. Hamas terrorists also fired at least 5,000 rockets at Israeli population centers. In response, Israel launched Operation Iron Swords to counter the Hamas terror threat. Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon joined Hamas' terror war starting from the following day, attacking Israel from the north. Frequent rocket launches, drone attacks, and shootings continued from Lebanon throughout the war, in which approximately 20 Israeli civilians and 20 Israeli soldiers were killed and nearly 200 Israelis were wounded. As a result of the attacks from Gaza and Lebanon, roughly 200,000 Israeli residents of the north and south were internally displaced during the war. A ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal began on Nov. 24, 2023, in which Israel agreed to release 150 terrorist prisoners, pause drone surveillance in the Gaza Strip, and allow movement between the northern and southern Gaza Strip, in return for 50 Israeli female and child hostages held by Hamas. The deal was subsequently extended with additional releases, until Hamas violated the agreement and resumed attacking on Dec. 1, 2023.
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