Hamas says assassination of Nasrallah will strengthen resistance
Hamas has said it mourned Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah following his killing by Israel on September 27th, and that his death would only fuel resistance, according to the Arab News via Reuters.
“Crimes and assassination by the occupation will only increase the determination and the insistence of the resistance in Palestine and Lebanon to go forward with all their might, bravery and pride on the footsteps of the martyrs…and pursue the path of resistance until victory and the dismissal of the occupation,” Hamas said in a statement.
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His death represents a major blow to Hezbollah which was already reeling from a heavy bombing campaign by Israel. It is also a major blow to Iran, given the role Hezbollah and Nasrallah have played in Tehran’s self-styled “Axis of resistance.”
“We reaffirm our absolute solidarity and standing with the brothers in Hezbollah and the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, who are taking part in the battle of the Al-Aqsa Flood to defend Al-Aqsa mosque, alongside our people and our resistance,” Hamas added.
Islamic Jihad, another Palestinian group also supported by Iran, said in a statement: “Sooner or later, the resistance forces in Lebanon, Palestine, and the region will make the enemy pay the price of its crimes, and taste defeat for what its sinful hands have done.”
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Israel and Hamas have been at war since gunmen from Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7th. Gaza has a population of 2.3 million people, most of whom have been displaced by the war, which has killed more than 41,5000 of them according to the Gaza health ministry.
When asked how Nasrallah’s death would affect the battle against Israel, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters: “The assassination of Hassan Nasrallah will not break the will of the resistance and we are confident that the occupation will lose the battle.”
Reuters
