GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, said on Thursday evening “What the Israeli enemy failed to achieve through war, it will not obtain through threats and deception.”
In a videotaped speech, Abu Obeida said, “The shortest path to regional stability is forcing the Israeli enemy to abide by the ceasefire’s terms it signed,” adding that that “should Israel return to war in Gaza, it would risk the lives of the remaining living captives.”
“Hamas is still committed to abiding by the ceasefire deal,” he said, stressing that “Despite all the enemy’s attempts at evasion, lies and deception… we preferred and still prefer to adhere to the agreement in order to spare the blood of our people.”
Abu Obeida stressed that “the resistance remains at the highest level of readiness for all possibilities.”
He warned that Israeli threats to resume military action “will not change the resistance’s stance but will instead shatter what remains of the Israeli occupation’s image of strength.”
He added that the resistance has the capability to hurt the Israeli enemy in any future confrontation, calling Israeli threats a “sign of weakness and humiliation.”
He cautioned that any Israeli escalation in Gaza “could lead to the death of a number of the captives,” holding Israel fully responsible for their fate due to its refusal to abide by the existing agreement.
Abu Obeida accused Israel of trying to renege on the agreement, saying Netanyahu “is prioritizing political interests over the fate of Israeli hostages.”
The spokesman finally hailed the Palestinian people and its resistance in the Gaza Strip and West Bank and saluted “the Yemeni brothers for their supportive positions and readiness to fight the enemy” if it reneged on its ceasefire obligation.
