“The Palestinian fighters” during the October 7 “operation” targeted “only the occupying soldiers and those who carried weapons against our people,” in accordance with “Islamic values that prevent harm” to civilians, especially women, children and the elderly, met. . Hamas reiterated this in a lengthy document published on Telegram titled “Our Narrative… Al-Aqsa Flood.”
“The Palestinian fighters,” the document continued, “wanted to avoid harming civilians, even if the resistance did not have precision weapons.” “If there were cases in which civilians were hit, this was what happened – he continued – by chance and during the clash with the occupation forces.” After all accusations of “beheading of 40 children” and “rape of Israeli women” were dismissed, blaming the army and police for the killing of Israeli civilians during the “confusion” of October 7th were held responsible, Hamas argued that the “operation was a necessary step and a normal response to Israeli conspiracies against the Palestinian people and their cause.”
“An act of defense,” he added, as part of the elimination of Israeli occupation. Hamas therefore called for “the immediate halt to Israeli aggression in Gaza, the opening of the border crossings and the passage of humanitarian aid, including reconstruction funds.” The Islamic faction concluded by rejecting “any international or Israeli plan to decide the future of Gaza, which only to extend the occupation, categorically rejects it.”
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