The Hamas militant group stated Sunday its October 7 assault on Israel was a “vital step” towards Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
But the group admitted in a 16-page report on the assaults that “some faults occurred… because of the speedy collapse of the Israeli safety and navy system, and the chaos induced alongside the border areas with Gaza”.
The doc was the group’s first public report launched in English and Arabic justifying the assaults once they broke by means of Gaza’s militarized border. Their assaults resulted within the deaths of about 1,140 individuals, principally civilians, in line with an AFP tally primarily based on official Israeli figures.
The militant group stated the assaults had been “a vital step and a traditional response to confront all Israeli conspiracies towards the Palestinian individuals”.
The militants seized about 250 hostages through the assault. Israel says round 132 stay in Gaza, of whom no less than 27 captives are believed to have been killed, in line with an AFP tally primarily based on Israeli figures.
Israel’s relentless bombardment and floor offensive have killed no less than 25,105 individuals in Gaza, principally girls and kids, in line with the Hamas-run well being ministry.
Hamas urged “the rapid halt of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, the crimes and ethnic cleaning dedicated towards the whole Gaza inhabitants”.
And the group rejected any worldwide and Israeli efforts to determine Gaza’s post-war future.
“We stress that the Palestinian individuals have the capability to determine their future and to rearrange their inner affairs,” the assertion stated, including that “no celebration on this planet” had the precise to determine on their behalf.