In the past, Hamas’s armed wing, Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, carried out its own exercises in the
Strip.
The drill began with an announcement by Abu Hamza, spokesman for PIJ’s armed wing, the al-Quds Brigades, who said that the “defensive exercise affirmed our readiness to defend our people.”
The Gaza-based terror groups, Abu Hamza said, are ready to engage in any battle to defend our people and land. “We won’t allow the enemy to prey on our people and our weapons are ready,” he added.
“The leadership of the occupation needs to realize that another adventure against our people will be met with full force and unity, accompanied by many surprises. The armed groups are today stronger and more capable of confronting and deterring the enemy. We won’t allow the enemy to impose rules of engagement on us.”
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He also strongly condemned the recent normalization agreements between Israel and some Arab countries, saying “those who establish relations with ‘the occupation’ will end up in the dustbin of history.”
Ismail Radwan, a senior Hamas official, said the drill was aimed at sending a message to Israel not to launch another military strike on the Gaza Strip.
Addressing the Arab countries that reached normalization agreements with Israel, the Hamas official said: “Despite your normalization, the difficult situation and the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, we are on the path of liberation and martyrdom.”
