Tehran, Qodsna - Head of the politburo of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has issued a stern warning against any Israeli military operation on the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, stressing that Palestinian resistance groups are ready to defend themselves and the besieged territory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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Ismail Haniyeh raised the alarm in an exclusive interview with the Turkish Anadolu news agency on Sunday after meeting with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and discussing the latest developments in Gaza amid the Zionist regime’s plans to carry out a broad offensive in Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians are sheltering.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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Haniyeh warned against a possible military operation by the Zionist occupation army in Rafah and said the offensive could lead to a massacre against the Palestinian people.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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“I call on all brotherly countries, our brothers in Egypt, our brothers in Turkey, our brothers in Qatar as mediators, and the European countries to take action to restrain (Zionist) aggression and prevent the operation in Rafah, as well as the complete withdrawal (of the Zionist army) from the Gaza Strip and the end of the attacks on Gaza," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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Pointing to the resistance of the Palestinian people in the southern Gaza city, Haniyeh said, "If the Zionist enemy enters into Rafah, Palestinian people will not raise the white flag. The resistance fighters in Rafah are ready to defend themselves and resist attacks.” <\/p>\r\n\r\n
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The Hamas chief also censured the US administration’s duplicity and untrammeled support for the Zionist regime’s months-long aggression on Gaza.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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"The US position is deceptive, even though it says it does not want civilians to be harmed, this is an attempt at manipulation. All the civilians killed in Gaza, thousands, tens of thousands of martyrs, were killed with US weapons, with US rockets, under US political protection,” Haniyeh said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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“What does the US veto of the cease-fire resolution at the UNSC mean? It means that the US is giving full protection and umbrella to the continuation of the massacres and murders against Gaza,” he added.<\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2024-04-21 12:17:36","content_date_finish":"2024-04-21 12:17:36","content_date_register":"2024-04-21 12:19:59","content_date_last_edit":"2024-04-21 12:20:35","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"0","tag_id":"37626","tag_word":"Hamas,Hamas,Zionist Regime,Zionist Regime,Rafah,Rafah","tag_service":"0","tag_total":"274","tag_soundex":"","attach_token":"1941538690","attach_date_register":"2024-04-21 12:19:54","attach_id":"530255","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"306","attach_img_height":"165","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"1","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"270","visit_date_last":"2025-05-10 21:14:53","attach_title":"Hamas ready to defend in case of Israeli attack on Rafah","node_title":"news,Top news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53},{\"node_id\":143, \"left\":47, \"right\":48}]"}]]