Hamas chief and co-founder assured in an interview that the State of Israel should not exist

Hamas’s sole aim is the elimination of its enemy and its non-recognition, this has been the mission of the terrorist group since its inception. And this is confirmed by Mahmoud az-Zahar, one of its co-founders, when a foreign journalist asks him if the State of Israel has the right to exist.

“No,” the veteran leader of the Palestinian terrorist group replies categorically. And he adds defiantly: “Why? Because?”.

After 11 intense days, during which the terrorist group launched thousands of rockets against Israeli territory, last Friday The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has entered into force.

Hamas and Jihad launched more than 4,300 rockets at Israel, an intensity never seen against this country, which has the advanced anti-missile shield “Iron Dome” which intercepted 90% of the projectiles. However, the number is already higher as soon after, sirens sounded again in southern cities like Ashdod and Ashkelon. And they did it again in the same area a few minutes after the ceasefire was announced.

The clashes caused more than 230 dead on the Palestinian side and 12 in Israel, including a six-year-old boy, a 16-year-old teenager and a soldier.

On the other hand, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz advocated “strengthening the Palestinian Authority” with the aim of not letting the terrorist group Hamas be “the one who sets the agenda, not even in the zone of the Gaza Strip, nor in Gaza City itself ”.

Gantz assured, in this sense, that To avoid future violent clashes like the one of the past eleven days, which ended in a ceasefire on Friday, Israel should direct its efforts to support the Palestinian Authority in rebuilding Gaza, rather than Hamas, which rule the enclave.

Referring to the latest hostilities, the defense chief considered that the offensive had succeeded in weakening Hamas and its military capacities, while stressing the need to respond with more force in a possible future confrontation, he said. -he brings back. The Times of Israel.

To strengthen the Palestinian Authority, Gantz detailed, As many Arab countries as possible, especially Egypt and Jordan, as well as the United States and the European Union, should be associated with the ceasefire and the reconstruction process.

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