Doha, Qatar:
Palestinian group Hamas praised its Oct. 7 assault on Israel in a video launched Sunday forward of the primary anniversary of the lethal assault in southern Israel that sparked the Gaza warfare.
“The fantastic crossing of October 7 shattered the illusions that the enemy had created for itself, convincing the world and the area of its alleged superiority and capabilities,” Khalil Haya, a member of Qada’s Hamas, stated in a video assertion. .
Agence France-Presse, based mostly on official Israeli figures, stated the assault on October 7 final 12 months killed 1,205 individuals, largely civilians, together with hostages killed in captivity.
At the very least 41,870 Palestinians, largely civilians, have been killed in Israeli army operations in Gaza because the warfare started, in keeping with information offered by the Hamas-controlled Gaza well being ministry. The United Nations acknowledges these figures as dependable.
“Palestine as an entire, and Gaza specifically, and our Palestinian persons are writing a brand new historical past with their resistance, blood and willpower,” Haya stated a 12 months after the October 7 assaults.
The Hamas member grew to become the general public face of the Islamist group after the killing of former chief Ismail Haniyeh in July.
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