BEIRUT (Dispatches) – A senior Hamas official declared on Saturday that Operation Al-Aqsa Flood has fundamentally altered all political and military equations, as the Palestinian resistance marks 1,000 days of confronting Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
Abdel Majid al-Awad, head of political and media relations for the Hamas resistance movement in Lebanon, stated that the October 7, 2023 operation “demonstrated the Palestinian resistance groups’ ability to take the initiative and bring about a major change in political and military spheres.”
The operation, Awad said, shattered the Tel Aviv regime’s myth of invincibility and dispelled the illusion of security and military superiority that Israeli authorities had worked for decades to establish.
“During the war, the Gaza Strip became the target of all-out aggression, which impacted all aspects of life and was accompanied by killings, widespread destruction, and growing humanitarian crises,” he added.
The senior Hamas official stated that Israel had set several objectives for its bloody onslaught, including the obliteration of resistance groups and the imposition of a new reality on the ground—goals it has failed to achieve despite the passage of more than 1,000 days.
“The steadfastness and resilience of the Palestinian people, and the retaliatory operations carried out by resistance factions, prevented the occupying regime from declaring what it asserted as absolute victory,” Awad stated.
He noted that Israel suffered political, security, and military losses during the Gaza war, while Palestinians continued to adhere to their national rights and principles. The genocidal war, he said, has had “severe and catastrophic fallouts for Israel’s prestige.”
Awad also highlighted the growth of solidarity campaigns with the Palestinians and the increase in popular and legal movements across the globe, stating that the Palestinian narrative has gained a stronger presence worldwide. 
He expressed gratitude to all movements and parties that supported the Palestinian people during the Gaza genocide.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed approximately 73,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including more than 21,500 children—1,022 of them infants—while injuring over 173,000 others. Some 9,500 Palestinians remain missing, believed to be buried beneath the rubble of demolished buildings.
More than 90 percent of buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, while 80 percent of the territory remains under Israeli occupation. 
UNICEF has warned that more than 11,000 children have suffered “life-changing” injuries, including up to 4,000 cases of limb amputations, many carried out under extremely difficult conditions in hospitals and medical centers repeatedly targeted by Israeli forces.