Khalil al-Hayya praises deadliest massacre of Jews since Holocaust as ‘a source of pride for our people’; Islamic Jihad calls deal ‘an honorable agreement to stop the aggression’
Senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya stated that Israel failed to achieve its goals in Gaza, as he declared the ceasefire-hostage deal that was announced shortly before he spoke Wednesday as a “historic moment” and described it as a defeat for the Jewish state.
“Our people have thwarted the declared and hidden goals of the occupation. Today we prove that the occupation will never defeat our people and their resistance,” al-Hayya was quoted as saying during a televised speech from Qatar by Germany’s dpa news agency.
He praised the Hamas-led massacres of Israelis on October 7, 2023, when Palestinian terrorists killed some 1,200 people and took 251 captives in the deadliest slaughter of Jews in a single day since the Holocaust, as a “military accomplishment” and “a source of pride for our people,” according to a New York Times translation of his remarks. (Read More)
