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Hamas-Israeli (Gaza) Conflict 2023
Hamas: Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
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SITUATION OVERVIEW
Point of view
""Our enemy will pay a price the type of which it has never known... We are in a war and we will win it"."
Prime Minister
Israel
... owing to retaliate after Hamas declared war as Israeli's army confirmed fighting with militants in several Israeli towns and military bases near Gaza.
Point of view
"This is the day of the greatest battle to end the last occupation on earth.... Enough is enough. Today the people are regaining their revolution"
Supreme Military Commander
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas
... in the recorded message announcing the start of the operation broadcasted on Hamas media . He said the morning attack on 7 October 2023 was only the start of what he called “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm” and called on Palestinians from east Jerusalem to northern Israel to join the fight..
Point of view
"Palestinian people have the rights to defend themselves in facing the terrorism posed by settlers and the Israeli occupation forces."
President
Palestine
... said during an emergency leadership meeting he chaired on Saturday that included several Palestinian civilian and security officials.
The Palestinian President stressed, during the meeting, the importance of providing the protection for Palestinian people and directed them to provide everything essential to enhance their resilience and steadfastness in the face of the crimes perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces and the settlers' gangs.
Point of view
"Over the coming days the Department of Defense will work to ensure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself and protect civilians from indiscriminate violence and terrorism.
We will remain in close contact with our Israeli partners. The United States supports Israel's right to defend itself"
Defense Secretary
United States
... says he is "closely monitoring" the escalating situation in Israel after Hamas militants launched a rocket attack on the Gaza Strip.
Point of view
"It is a renewed confirmation that the will of the Palestinian people and the rifle of the resistance is the only choice in confronting aggression and occupation.
It sends a message to the Arab and Islamic world, and the international community as a whole, especially those seeking normalization with this enemy, that the Palestinian cause is an everlasting one, alive until victory and liberation.
We call on the peoples of our Arab and Islamic nation, and the free people around the world, to declare their support and backing for the Palestinian people and the Resistance movements, affirming their unity in blood, word, and action."
Hezbollah
... congratulates the resisting Palestinian people and the heroic fighters of the Palestinian factions, especially our dear brothers in the Al-Qassam Brigades and the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, for the wide-ranging and divinely supported heroic operation, promising complete victory.
Point of view
"The Council affirmed the right of the Palestinian people and the resistance factions to combat the occupying enemy by all legitimate and possible means.
It reiterated his support for all options taken by the Palestinian resistance leadership to deter the Zionist enemy."
Houthi's Supreme Political Council
... also affirmed its principled and religious position in supporting the Palestinian people until complete victory... calling on the Arab and Islamic countries to take positions in supporting Palestinians and their resistance fighters, support them with money, weapons, and boycott American and Israeli goods.
Point of view
"We congratulate the Palestinian fighters. We will stand by the Palestinian fighters until the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem"
Yahya Rahim Safavi
Adviser to Ali Khamenei and former Chief Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Iran
... expressed “deep concern” on developments in Gaza and called on “all parties” to halt the escalations and “exercise utmost restraint”.
Point of view
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs holds Israel alone responsible for the ongoing escalation due to its ongoing violations of the rights of the Palestinian people, the latest of which is the repeated raids on the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli police."
... expressed “deep concern” on developments in Gaza and called on “all parties” to halt the escalations and “exercise utmost restraint”.
Point of view
"Saudi Arabia had issued repeated warnings of a possible escalation in light of "the ongoing occupation and the deprivation of the Palestinian people of their legitimate rights, as well as the repeated deliberate provocations against their sanctities."
Saudi Arabia Foreign Ministry
... calls for "an immediate cessation of the escalation" between both sides and "the protection of civilians".
Point of view
"We call on the Palestinian and Israeli sides to immediately ceasefire, renounce violence, show the necessary restraint. The long-lasting conflict between Israel and Palestine cannot be solved by force, but only by diplomatic means
Moscow was standing by its position in favor of negotiations for the creation of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living in peace and security with Israel."
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman
Russia
... called the parties to set up "a negotiation process aimed at establishing a comprehensive, lasting and long-awaited peace" with the help of the international community.
Point of view
"Deeply shocked by the news of terrorist attacks in Israel. Our thoughts and prayers are with the innocent victims and their families. We stand in solidarity with Israel at this difficult hour"
Prime Minister
India
... said in a post on X.
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