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Hamas leaders admit hope for ‘permanent’ Israel war, don’t care about
running Gaza
By Isabel Keane
Published Nov. 8, 2023, 9:45 a.m. ET
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A top Hamas leader made the sickening admission that he hopes the terror
group’s unthinkable surprise Oct. 7 attack will lead to a “permanent”
war against Israel on all fronts — and conceded that they had no plans
to govern Gaza or care for the Palestinian people.

The terrorist group’s top brass defended their monstrous onslaught in a
series of shocking interviews with the New York Times, with some members
saying the extreme violence and bloodshed that claimed at least 1,400
Israeli lives was intended to intensify their fight against the Jewish
state and cultivate instability in the region.

The deadly incursion was necessary to “change the entire equation and
not just have a clash,” Khalil al-Hayya, a member of Hamas’ highest
leadership body, told the paper from Qatar in an interview published
Wednesday.

“We succeeded in putting the Palestinian issue back on the table, and
now no one in the region is experiencing calm.”

Ay-Hayya and other Hamas members interviewed dismissed the idea that
they wanted to or will govern Gaza, and instead expressed hope for a
“permanent” war on all fronts.

Deputy head of Hamas' regional politburo, Khalil al-Hayya
6 Hamas defended its shocking onslaught in a series of interviews with the
New York Times.
Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Destroyed buildings in Gaza Strip
6 Some members said the extreme violence that claimed at least 1,400
Israeli lives was necessary.
Getty Images
Media advisor of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Taher al-Nunu
6 Ay-Hayya and other Hamas members interviewed seemingly dismissed the
idea that they will govern Gaza.
Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
“I hope that the state of war with Israel will become permanent on all
the borders and that the Arab world will stand with us,” said Taher
El-Nounou, a Hamas media adviser.

The group’s goal “is not to run Gaza and to bring it water and
electricity and such,” al-Hayya added.

“Hamas, the Qassam and the resistance woke the world up from its deep
sleep and showed that this issue must remain on the table,” he said.

“This battle was not because we wanted fuel or laborers,” he added. “It
did not seek to improve the situation in Gaza. This battle is to
completely overthrow the situation.”

Palestinians pull a child from debris
6 Over the past month, roughly 10,000 people have been killed from the
Israeli airstrikes.
AFP via Getty Images
Smoke rises in the northern Gaza Strip
6 Of the 10,000 people reported killed, 4,104 of them were children.
REUTERS
Citizens inspect the Khaled bin Al-Walid Mosque
6 At least 240 people are being held hostage by Hamas in the region.
Getty Images
While Hamas leaders knew their meticulously planned incursion would be
met with a large response, they said they needed to address a growing
sense of frustration that the Palestinian cause was being abandoned.

As the war passed the one-month mark, health officials in the Gaza Strip
say over 10,000 people have been killed as a result of Israeli
airstrikes, including 4,104 children.

At least 240 people are being held hostage by Hamas in the region.

“What could change the equation was a great act, and without a doubt, it
was known that the reaction to this great act would be big,” al-Hayya
said before adding, “We had to tell people that the Palestinian cause
would not die.”

With Post wires

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