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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">80% of Gaza remains untouched by IOF: Hamas politburo member</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">November 28, 2023<br></div>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><p>Hamas
politburo member Osama Hamdan underlines that the accomplishments made
throughout the truce were exemplary, stressing that "Israel" was not
going to continue fighting in Gaza.</p><img src="cid:ii_lpjfk6df0" alt="6df5d3ee-2b55-43d5-bd3b-c3d48d99787c.jpg" width="391" height="261"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>Israeli soldiers move tanks at a staging area near the
separation barrier with the Gaza Strip, southern occupied Palestine,
November 28, 2023 (<em>AP</em>)
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<p>The martyrdom of senior members of al-Qassam Brigades will not
obstruct the path of the Resistance, especially in light of the impetus
it is getting all over Palestine and abroad, Hamas politburo member
Osama Hamdan told a press conference on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Hamdan pointed out that the occupation's acknowledgment of the number
of its soldiers killed and injured in the ground invasion "does not
reveal the truth they fear to disclose." He spoke of approximately a
thousand Israeli soldiers wounded in Gaza, including two hundred with
serious injuries.</p>
<p>Similarly, he clarified that "<a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--lost-control--on-the-way-to-losing-its-war-on-gaza" target="_blank" rel="noopener">80% of Gaza's land</a>
has not been tread upon by the Israeli forces," warning that "the
losses of the occupation will escalate in the coming days. The Israeli
threats of war after the ceasefire are empty, and Israelis are aware of
that."</p>
<p>In contradiction to the occupation's claims of controlling extensive
areas in the Gaza Strip, Hamdan highlighted that "the delivery of <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/biden-expects-more-captives-to-be-released-in-coming-days" target="_blank" rel="noopener">captives</a>
by al-Qassam in various locations in the Strip refutes the claims of
the occupation forces' control over a portion of Gaza's land."</p>
<h2>National victory </h2>
<p>Hamdan also commented on the ceasefire agreement imposed by the
Palestinian Resistance on the Israeli occupation forces, saying the
strides made during the four-day ceasefire were "a great national
victory, for it included prisoners from all over the homeland."</p>
<p>The <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/prisoner-exchange--truce-agreement-delayed-implementation-to" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agreement</a> was reached through Qatari and Egyptian mediation, and it went into effect on Friday.</p>
<p>The limited truce remains under heavy criticism by international
organizations, human rights activists, and several countries and
officials calling for an immediate ceasefire rather than an insufficient
truce.</p>
<p>These calls have been rejected by both the United States and the
Israeli occupation entity, stressing that the aggression must continue
until all "Tel Aviv's" objectives are fulfilled, something which
military experts and diplomats expressed extreme doubts about.</p>
<p>The terms include a halt to all hostilities and the release of 50
Israeli captives in exchange for the freedom of 150 Palestinian
prisoners.</p>
<p>Ahead of this truce reached by the Resistance, Hamdan said, the
Israeli occupation "used more than 40,000 tons of explosives in Gaza
during 50 days of aggression," adding that the goal of rendering Gaza
"uninhabitable" will never be realized.</p>
<p><strong>Read next: <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-fired-100-000--artillery-shells-on-gaza-since-october-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IOF fired 100,000+ artillery shells on Gaza since October 7</a></strong></p>
<p>Hamdan called on "the leaders of our Arab and Islamic nations to
implement the decisions of the Riyadh Summit to stop the aggression."</p>
<p>He also called for "an increase in the number of trucks entering the
Gaza Strip" and demanded that "more medical hospitals be admitted into
Gaza and allowing for the wounded to be transferred for treatment
abroad," as well as the dispatching of civil defense teams for <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-martyrs-surpass-15-000--dozens-pulled-from-under-rubble" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clearing the debris</a> and retrieving the bodies of martyrs.</p>
<p>Moreover, the top Hamas official condemned what Human Rights Watch
reported regarding the Israeli aggression on Gaza's hospitals,
especially Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, affirming that "the Human Rights
Watch report uses speculative language, and we call for its withdrawal
and the formation of an international investigation committee into what
happened in Gaza."</p>
<h2>Musk welcome to visit Gaza</h2>
<p>Hamdan went on to invite billionaire X owner <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/starlink-operation-in-gaza-restricted-to-israeli-permission" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> to "visit Gaza to see the extent of crimes committed against our people for objectivity and credibility."</p>
<p>Musk had toured the Israeli settlements of the Gaza envelope with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.</p>
<p>Israeli Occupation Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi stated on
Monday that he has reached a preliminary agreement with Musk to deploy
Starlink satellite communication services in the Gaza Strip which is
restricted to Israeli approval. </p>
<p>"The occupation has been trying to take it out on our prisoners since
October 7 through violations and crimes, and sadly, we do not see
anything coming out of human rights organizations," Hamadan said.</p>
<p>He also criticized the propaganda campaigns being carried out by US
politicians, saying it would exacerbate global instability and calling
on US President <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/biden-moves-to-lift-all-restrictions-on-israeli-access-to-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>
to apologize to the Palestinian people and the American people who
"stood up in the face of the Biden administration's stances."</p>
<p>However, he underlined that if Biden were to apologize, such an
apology would be void and meaningless "if it was not accompanied by a
stern decision forcing Israel to halt its aggression on Gaza."</p>
<p>Hamdan concluded his press conference by calling on all activists and
supporters of the Palestinian cause to partake in the observation of
the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people and to
continue demonstrating and protesting "in rejection of the genocidal war
being waged against our people."</p></div></div></div>
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