On October 7, 2023, the jihadist terrorist organization Hamas and its Iranian-backed groups, including Hezbollah, commemorated the first anniversary of Hamas's atrocities against civilians during the siege of Israel, calling for the extermination of the Israeli people. showed a harbinger. To support Iran.
Hamas thugs invaded Israel from their stronghold in Gaza in the early hours of Monday, October 7, one year ago, committing widespread crimes against humanity and ultimately killing an estimated 1,200 people. Terrorists invaded a residential area, entered the home of a family while they were sleeping, and killed everyone. Israeli rescue workers found the bodies of infants in some homes. Significant evidence shows that the terrorists tortured and raped the victims and desecrated their bodies after death. On several occasions, the jihadists stole the victims' mobile phones and uploaded gruesome images of the atrocities to the dead's social media accounts.
Hamas jihadists massacred and, in some cases, brutally gang-raped the attendees at a music festival that morning. Hamas terrorists also abducted more than 200 people. The Israeli government I believe One year later, 101 hostages remain in captivity.
It was a solemn day in Israel to remember the war dead, but Hamas leaders used the occasion to celebrate the massacre.
“The Al-Aqsa flood resulted in the return of occupation.” [Israel] Hamas's “political” chief, Khalid Mashal, squared zero and threatened its existence. said In a statement on Monday, it referred to the October 7 massacre “al-Aqsa flood” by jihadists.
Mashal justified the campaign against forcing civilians to sleep in their homes as a “natural reaction to the occupation of al-Aqsa and accelerating plans for settlement, siege and invasion” of Jerusalem's mosque.
Mashal also claimed that Israel had been “totally defeated” in the war it declared against Hamas on October 8, ignoring the heavy losses Hamas has suffered in ongoing self-defense operations in Gaza. Mashal himself was forced to accept Hamas's “political” leadership after his predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an explosion in the capital Tehran while visiting the capital Tehran to attend the inauguration of President Masoud Pezeshkian in July. became a person.
Similarly, another senior Hamas terrorist, Khalil al-Haya, issued a statement praising the “heroic act” of the terrorists who gang-raped music festival attendees and massacred children.
“One year later, our people continue to write a new chapter of history with resistance, blood and fortitude,” al-Haya declared, according to Iranian propaganda outlets. press tv.
Al-Haya also praised Iran's Hamas backers and celebrated last week's nearly failed missile attack by Tehran against Israel as a “meteor that fills the skies over occupied Palestine.”
Beyond the statement, Hamas terrorists marked the occasion with rockets barrage It left Gaza, targeting Tel Aviv and surrounding areas. Hamas claimed in a statement that it had succeeded in infiltrating “deep into the occupied territory,” but Israeli authorities said the rockets caused little damage and that two people suffered “minor injuries.” era of israel.
Hamas' terrorist allies also issued a statement Monday praising the mass killing of innocent people a year ago.
Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah said: “This operation will have historic consequences and strategic outcomes for the situation in the entire region until justice is achieved.” announced“Through the elimination of the Zionist occupation, we will enable Palestinians to regain their legitimate rights to their land, from the river to the sea.”
“From the river to the sea” is genocide slogan It calls for the disappearance of the entire state of Israel, which stretches from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.
Hezbollah, which has been largely ousted from its leadership over alleged Israeli attacks over the past year, has declared that Palestinian jihadist terrorists have “the full right to resist the occupation by any means necessary” .
“There is no place for this temporary presence in the region or within our social, cultural and humanitarian framework,” Hezbollah said. “It has always been, and always will be, a malignant, aggressive tumor that must be removed, no matter how long it takes.”
Hezbollah joined the war against Israel shortly after October 7, launching operations from Lebanon against civilians in northern Israel. In Hezbollah's attack, kicked out An estimated 60,000 Israelis have so far left their homes in northern Israel, necessitating Israeli military action against Hezbollah. The most decisive Israeli operation against Hezbollah to date was a series of airstrikes in Beirut in late September that led to the removal of Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader for decades. . Israel has since continued to attack Hezbollah's terrorist infrastructure in Lebanon, including one in central Beirut.
In Israel, residents marked the anniversary of Hamas's unprecedented invasion with solemnity. monument and demands the release of the remaining dozens of hostages. The ceremony began early Monday morning, the day the attack took place a year ago, and included a memorial to the victims and a call for an end to genocidal terrorism. Rocket attacks from Gaza and Lebanon emergency security meeting According to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu era of israelplan a response to a bombing.
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