Hamas: Missiles to Hit Tel Aviv Next
GAZA (Dispatches) -- Hamas’s leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar has warned the occupying regime of Israel "not to test us again,” saying the next rocket barrage from the territory would target Tel Aviv and other central cities with a potency that would "surprise” the Zionist regime.
He also warned that the next time Zionist troops entered the Strip, they would only return through a prisoner exchange for "thousands of prisoners.”
Speaking at a ceremony honoring the seven resistance fighters martyred during a firefight on Sunday with Zionist undercover special forces, Sinwar pulled out a handgun with a silencer which he said belonged to one of the special forces troops.
One Israel officer, identified only as Lt. Col. Mem, was killed and another injured in the botched operation.
Sinwar mocked the occupying regime of Israel for assuming its decision to allow fuel and Qatari funds into Gaza before the latest flareup would prevent his group from launching a large-scale attack against the Jewish state.
"What did the Israeli leadership think when it allowed in fuel and Qatari funds? … That we would sell out our blood for diesel and dollars? They’ve been disappointed, and their goals have failed,” he said.
He said he had spoken to the leader of Hamas’ military wing the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Muhammad Deif. "Deif asked me to say that Tel Aviv and Gush Dan (the greater Tel Aviv area) are next. The first barrage to hit Tel Aviv will surprise Israel.”
The Zionist regime’s Sunday’s raid gone awry and its subsequent airstrikes led on Monday and Tuesday to an unprecedented barrage of rockets and mortar shells fired by Hamas and other resistance movement from the Gaza Strip.
"Our hands are on the trigger and our eyes are open,” Sinwar said. "Whoever tests Gaza will find only death and poison. Our missiles are more precise, have a greater range and carry more explosives than in the past.”
Following the special forces operation, over 460 rockets and mortar shells were fired at southern occupied territories over the course of around 24 hours, killing one and injuring dozens others.
The fighting ended on Tuesday after a Hamas-announced ceasefire took effect, though this was not officially confirmed by the Zionist regime.
Israeli war minister Avigdor Liberman resigned on Wednesday, which Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh cheered as an "admission of defeat” by the Zionist regime. Haniyeh also said Hamas "achieved a military victory against this odious occupier in less than a week.
"A military victory occurred with the heroic performance of the Palestinian resistance factions who responded to the occupier’s crime and aggression with a response commensurate with its aggression,” he said.
The Islamic Jihad, the second-largest resistance movement in the Gaza Strip, similarly said the Zionist war minister’s sudden resignation was a victory for the Palestinians.
"Behold the political slaughter dealt to leaders of the occupation who aren’t capable of dealing with Gaza,” the organization’s spokesperson said in a statement.
He also warned that the next time Zionist troops entered the Strip, they would only return through a prisoner exchange for "thousands of prisoners.”
Speaking at a ceremony honoring the seven resistance fighters martyred during a firefight on Sunday with Zionist undercover special forces, Sinwar pulled out a handgun with a silencer which he said belonged to one of the special forces troops.
One Israel officer, identified only as Lt. Col. Mem, was killed and another injured in the botched operation.
Sinwar mocked the occupying regime of Israel for assuming its decision to allow fuel and Qatari funds into Gaza before the latest flareup would prevent his group from launching a large-scale attack against the Jewish state.
"What did the Israeli leadership think when it allowed in fuel and Qatari funds? … That we would sell out our blood for diesel and dollars? They’ve been disappointed, and their goals have failed,” he said.
He said he had spoken to the leader of Hamas’ military wing the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Muhammad Deif. "Deif asked me to say that Tel Aviv and Gush Dan (the greater Tel Aviv area) are next. The first barrage to hit Tel Aviv will surprise Israel.”
The Zionist regime’s Sunday’s raid gone awry and its subsequent airstrikes led on Monday and Tuesday to an unprecedented barrage of rockets and mortar shells fired by Hamas and other resistance movement from the Gaza Strip.
"Our hands are on the trigger and our eyes are open,” Sinwar said. "Whoever tests Gaza will find only death and poison. Our missiles are more precise, have a greater range and carry more explosives than in the past.”
Following the special forces operation, over 460 rockets and mortar shells were fired at southern occupied territories over the course of around 24 hours, killing one and injuring dozens others.
The fighting ended on Tuesday after a Hamas-announced ceasefire took effect, though this was not officially confirmed by the Zionist regime.
Israeli war minister Avigdor Liberman resigned on Wednesday, which Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh cheered as an "admission of defeat” by the Zionist regime. Haniyeh also said Hamas "achieved a military victory against this odious occupier in less than a week.
"A military victory occurred with the heroic performance of the Palestinian resistance factions who responded to the occupier’s crime and aggression with a response commensurate with its aggression,” he said.
The Islamic Jihad, the second-largest resistance movement in the Gaza Strip, similarly said the Zionist war minister’s sudden resignation was a victory for the Palestinians.
"Behold the political slaughter dealt to leaders of the occupation who aren’t capable of dealing with Gaza,” the organization’s spokesperson said in a statement.