On the day of Eid al-Fitr, a holiday celebrated by the Muslim community as it marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the Zionist occupation forces assassinated Hazem, Amir, and Mohammad – the sons of the head of Hamas’ Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, and several of his grandchildren. The children killed in the attack were: Amal, Khaled, and Razan.
The Government’s Media Office in Gaza said that the occupation committed the massacre while the three were conducting Eid al-Fitr visits to communities in the Gaza Strip.
Failing to achieve any accomplishments, the occupation resorts to assassinating civilians, and committing massacres to pressure the leadership of the Resistance, thinking it may concede its just demands during negotiations, Hamas representative in Lebanon, Ahmad Abdel Hadi said.
Ihsan Ataya, a member of the political bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, affirmed that “the Israeli occupation’s assassination of Haniyeh’s sons indicates the extent of the enemy’s confusion, as it failed to achieve its declared goals during its war on Gaza.”
Ataya highlighted that “the martyrdom of Haniyeh’s sons in the al-Shati camp inside the Gaza Strip refutes the claims that leaders [of the Palestinian Resistance] hide their children during wars.”
Mustafa al-Barghouti, Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative movement, said that the killing of unarmed civilians indicates that the occupation is taking revenge for its military failure on October 7, by committing massacres against innocent people.
In the same context, Abu Ahmad Fouad, the head of Arab and national relations in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), considered that by assassinating Haniyeh’s sons, the Zionist project is attempting to achieve some gains and break the morale of the leaders of the Palestinian Resistance.
“The Palestinian people will not make any concessions to the Israeli occupation, which is committing massacres against civilians,” he stressed.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command offered condolences to Ismail Haniyeh stating
We feel, alongside the pain of parting, the realization that this pure blood accompanying the path of tens of thousands of martyrs from our people in the journey of freedom and the battle of Al-Aqsa Flood will symbolize, in all its jihadist meanings, a school in giving and sacrifice. This was manifested in the strength, patience, and deep faith shown by the leader Haniyeh as he received the news of the martyrdom of his sons and grandchildren.
A people that offers its leaders as martyrs and the children of its leaders as sacrifices for freedom is undoubtedly a people that will triumph, for it has created an epic of sacrifice where the fighters compete in the race of martyrdom, boldness, and bravery.
In other news the Zionist “Metula” settlement has been abandoned for nearly half a year following the outbreak of Hezbollah’s operations in support of the Palestinian people on October 8, 2023.
A report published by broadcaster Kan, delved into the daily lives of settlers in the colonial outpost, located on the tip of the al-Jalil Panhandle, directly at the Lebanese-Palestinian border. Once a landmark for the Israeli colonial project in northern occupied territories, “Metula” is now a ghost town, as most of its settlers and businesses have abandoned it, leaving behind acres of agricultural land and multiple factories.
The head of the “Metula” Council, David Azoulay, said that settlers are burying their dead under the veil of the night, fearing direct fire from Lebanon.
“They have become like thieves in the night, burying their dead fearing being monitored and targeted,” Azoulay said.
The Mujahideen Brigades spokesman Abu Bilal had a significant speech today:
The enemy, through its treachery and unprecedented brutal crimes against our patient and noble people in the Gaza Strip, tried to claim a fictitious victory at the expense of the blood of women, children, and the elderly, after our fighters humiliated its army in the sands and alleys of Gaza. It tried to break the genuine popular cradle for our resistance through its fascist crimes against it and to make Gaza uninhabitable by targeting hospitals, schools, mosques, churches, and shelters, yet the original popular cradle of our people remains loyal and strong, embracing its mujahideen and fighters.
In the seventh month of the Nazi aggression led by the terrorist zionist government, supported by the U.S. and the West, our fighters continue to be active in the field, inflicting heavy losses on its defeated army, blowing up its vehicles, crushing its soldiers, and striking its settlements and gatherings.
– Our fighters have carried out more than 580 military missions in this battle
– Our fighters have engaged in more than 130 direct clashes with enemy soldiers and vehicles along the advancing fronts.
– We have targeted and destroyed more than 70 zionist vehicles.
– We have bombarded the zionist settlements with more than 154 rocket barrages in addition to 140 mortar and rocket operations targeting gatherings and vehicle groups of the enemy.
– Our fighters carried out 14 targeting operations against enemy aircraft and naval vessels, resulting in the downing and capture of 13 zionist drones.
– By the grace of Allah, we successfully sniped at least 21 zionist soldiers and officers in 15 qualitative sniping operations in addition to other qualitative operations.
– Our fighting cells in the West Bank participated in our battle against the criminal zionist enemy with qualitative operations, executing more than 25 military missions.
– One of our latest operations in the West Bank was targeting a zionist bus with a locally-made explosive device southeast of Bethlehem, which the enemy admitted resulted in the injury of three zionist settlers.We send our greetings to the honorable members of our nation who have supported our Palestinian people, the fighters, and the sanctified path of the most noble Messenger [Al-Aqsa], peace be upon him, in every form of support, whether through prayers, words, demonstrations, financial contributions, and every appreciated effort.
We thank everyone who responded to the call of the Brigades and offered from their wealth, even a little, for the sake of Allah and in support of His fighters and the sanctities of the nation in Palestine, and we invite them to continue giving and sacrificing for the sake of Allah and in support of His sanctities.
We call on the masses of our nation and the free people of the world to continue to exert popular and economic pressure and to continue demonstrating against the interests of the zionist enemy and its supporters until the end of the genocidal war being waged by the zionists in the valiant Gaza Strip.
Resistance from Ansarallah continues
On the eve of the first day of Eid al-Fitr, Yemenis congratulated the Palestinian nation while performing prayers on the deck of the Zionist linked UK-owned Galaxy Leader cargo ship they captured in a crucial Red Sea shipping route on November 19.
They said, “You (Palestinians) are not alone. The Yemeni nation stands by your side until [final] victory” over the occupation.
The leader of the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement, Sayyed Abul-Malik al-Houthi, said on the night of April 9 that his country is battling a full-fledged war against the zionist regime and is carrying out operations against Zionist-affiliated merchant vessels and Zionist nterests in retaliation for the bloody onslaught against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
“Americans and British forces have attacked Yemen to support the Zionist regime’s crimes against the Palestinian nation, as well as the siege on Gaza,” Sayyed al-Houthi stressed.
Ansarallah also announced attacks on several ships:
With the help of Allah Almighty, the Naval Forces in the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out four military operations this morning as follows:
– Targeting two “Zionist ships, the first is (MSC DARWIN) and the second, (MSC GINA), which was targeted again, in the Gulf of Aden.
– Targeting the American ship (MAERSK YORKTOWN) in the Gulf of Aden.
– Targeting an American warship in the Gulf of Aden with several drones.
The ships were targeted with a number of appropriate naval missiles and drones.
The Yemeni Armed Forces continue to perform their religious, moral, and humanitarian duty towards the oppressed Palestinian people and in defense of dear Yemen, and its operations in the Red and Arabian Seas and in the Indian Ocean will continue until the aggression stops and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted.
Iraqi Resistance
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that it targeted the Haifa oil port, as part of its continued operations against the occupation.
At dawn on Wednesday, the Iraqi Resistance targeted the oil port of Haifa in the occupied Palestinian territories with two drones.
Shortly before that, the Iraqi Resistance hit three targets in the occupied territories, as it announced that it had attacked “in the past 72 hours a vital target in our occupied territories, and another in Ashkelon, in addition to the Ashkelon oil port.”
It announced in another statement that it attacked the “Hatzerim” air base in Beer al-Sabe’ and had previously targeted the “Yarden” base in the occupied Golan with drones.
The Iraqi Resistance said in a statement that the attack comes in continuation of its path in resisting the occupation, in support of the people in Gaza, and in response to the massacres against Palestinian civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.
The statement reiterated the Resistance’s continuation in “striking the enemy’s strongholds.”