The leader of Hamas says the terror group will work to expand the violent border clashes in Gaza to the West Bank.
Speaking at Gaza City’s Great Mosque, Ismail Haniyeh vows the violent “March of Return” protests will continue, after they dropped off dramatically following Monday’s deadly riots.
“The March of Return will continue until it achieves its goals, among them expressing opposition to the Trump [peace] deal,” Channel 10 reports Haniyeh as saying. “The march will not stop until the blockade on the Gaza Strip is fully lifted. We won’t accept half-solutions.”
Haniyeh also addresses reports earlier in the week that Israel warned Hamas it would target its leaders if the terror group does not rein in the clashes.
“These are rumors that don’t scare us. We grew up on the values of martyrs. Our blood — the commanders — is not more dear than the blood of the Gazan people,” Haniyeh says.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh gives a speech on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan on May 18, 2018, at the Great Mosque in Gaza City. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)
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