The Hamas movement has rejected as a “lie” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim about changing the equation with the Gaza-based resistance groups, citing an escalation in “heroic” operations against the occupiers as proof of the Palestinians’ growing power.
Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif Al-Qanou made the remarks on Sunday, a few days after Netanyahu alleged that in onslaughts on the Gaza Strip, the Tel Aviv regime “changed the equation” and subdued Hamas after “Sword of Al-Quds” operation in 2021 and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in May 2023.
Netanyahu also claimed that the recent Israeli drone strike in the northern occupied West Bank city of Jenin “changed the equation again” in the occupied territories.
Qanou said Netanyahu’s statements are a “lie” that he is telling the Zionist community in a bid to present his imaginary achievements.
He also referred to the killing of four Zionist settlers in a retaliatory attack by Palestinians near the Eli settlement, north of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on June 20.
The heroic operation, the Hamas spokesman added, was an answer to the threats made by Israeli officials and the army against the Palestinians.
