Hamas:

Gaza Resistance Forced Israel to Ask for Ceasefire

Head of Hamas's political bureau Ismail Haneyah on Tuesday stated that the Israeli occupation was the party that asked for ceasefire in the recent military aggression on the Gaza Strip.

News ID: 444930

Date: 16 May 2019 - 02:13

RNA - During a speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council on the 71st anniversary of the Nakba, Haneyah said that at the beginning of the aggression Israel refused to deal with the mediators for ceasefire, but the Palestinian resistance fighters' strikes forced it to end the attack, Palinfo reported.

Even tough 71 years have passed since the Nakba, Haneyya added, the Palestinian people will never give up their rights to return and resist the occupation.

Haneyya stressed the need for ending normalization with Israel and praised the movements around the world that support the boycott of the occupation state.

In a message to the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, the Hamas leader assured them that the Palestinian resistance factions will spare no effort toward their liberation.

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