The Palestinian Hamas Resistance movement rejected the statements of US National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby who said that the future of Gaza, after the Zionist aggression against it, cannot include Hamas.
Hamas declared today in a statement, “The American statement and other positions similar to those belonging to the administration of President Biden are blatant interference in the affairs of the Palestinian people and a continuation of the custodianship approach it uses to maintain its control over the decisions and choices of the people.”
The movement stressed that it is “an authentic component of the Palestinian people who are steadfast in the face of the occupation and Nazism supported by the American administration, and we will not allow them or anyone else to impose tutelage over the free people of Palestine, who have the final say in choosing their leadership and determining their fate.”
Yesterday, Kirby said in a press conference at the White House that his country “also rejects any role for Hamas and its leaders in any form of governance in Gaza after the war.”
Hamas has also reportedly rejected a Zionist proposal for a two-month ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for the release of all remaining Zionist detainees held be the Resistance.
Reports state the the occupation entity had proposed a pause in fighting to allow for the more than 130 Zionist prisoners to be freed, in return for the release of Palestinians held in barbaric captivity by the Zionist regime.
Top Hamas leaders in Gaza would also be forced to leave the Gaza Strip according to the “proposal.”
Of course the Resistance rejected the proposal, insisting the conditions for a ceasefire are the removal of all occupation forces from the Strip and total end of the offensive.
Iraqi Resistance’s 2nd phase of operations
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has transitioned to the second phase of its operations in which it will work on enforcing and blockading Mediterranean maritime routes to the Zionist-occupied ports in occupied Palestine, the Secretary General of the Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Abu Alaa al-Walai announced in a post on X.
The leader of Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, a faction that operates under the umbrella of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, made the announcement following US strikes that targeted members of the Iraqi government’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF).
The US aggression led to the martyrdom of a member of the PMF in al-Qaim, while a PMF training facility was damaged in Jurf al-Nasr.
“While the Americans continue targeting our forces, our mujahideen have begun the second phase of their operations,” al-Walai said.
The leader explained that the second phase of operations would include the enforcement of a blockade on “Zionist maritime navigation in the Mediterranean” and “putting [Israeli] ports out of service.”
Paired with the Yemeni Armed Forces operations in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, such an action would prove detrimental to the occupation. The Iraqi Resistance has proved that it has the capabilities to target Israeli occupation ports located on the Mediterranean coast. The largest of which, the Haifa port and the “Ashdod” port have come under attack at least twice in 2024.
Commenting on the long-range attack on occupied Haifa, the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said that Hezbollah’s intelligence confirms that the missile hit its target, adding that the Zionist occupation’s military concealed the details of the attack, a tactic commonly deployed by occupation authorities.
Haifa operation: A sneak peek of what is to come
The Iraqi Resistance announced that the operation was conducted via an all-new and improved long-range cruise missile, dubbed al-Arqab. The attack which reportedly hit its target in Haifa, included only one missile, proving the Resistance’s capabilities to launch a sneak attack on occupation sites, which went undetected for hundreds of kilometers.
Packaged in a wider-scale attack that includes a flurry of long-range drones and missiles, the Iraqi Resistance could inflict serious damage on the occupied port of Haifa and possibly damage occupied Asdod’s port.
The announcement made early on Wednesday morning comes in the context of the Iraqi Resistance’s escalating attacks on Israeli targets in occupied territories. It is worth noting that the Iraqi Resistance has also launched multiple attacks on the Israeli sites in the occupied Syrian Golan and the occupied port town of Um al-Rashrash or “Eilat”, as referred to by Israelis.
Ashdod port attacked
Early Thursday morning a drone strike targeted a Zionist site in the “Ashdod port” in the occupied Palestinian territories.
It is noteworthy that the Islamic Resistance in Iraq has transited to the second phase of its operations in which it will work on enforcing blockading Mediterranean maritime routes to the Israeli-occupied ports in occupied Palestine.
This is the second attack on the port in two days and confirms the beginning of a new stage of struggle.
Portions from Al Mayadeen