An unnamed Hamas official told Saudi site Al Hadath that the terror org. will not occupy government or administrative roles in Gaza after the war.
“Hamas will not seek to occupy, govern, or take an administrative role in the Gaza Strip after the war,” an unnamed Hamas official told Saudi news site Al Hadath, while saying that “it is impossible to talk about disarmament right now.”
“The problem has never been weapons,” the official explained: “The Palestinian people, along with Hamas, are under unprecedented pressure due to Israeli aggression, and we are dealing with all initiatives and pressures positively to end the aggression.”
These comments came after Hamas officials announced that they don’t plan to disarm until “the occupation ends” and “an independent, fully sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital is established.”
The official also said that the current method of delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza is insufficient and fails to meet the population’s needs. At the same time, he asked for an open, unregulated” border crossing.
Palestinian Hamas terrorists parade as they prepare to hand over hostages kidnapped during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, to the Red Cross as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, January 19, 2025. (credit: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters)
“Hamas does not seek to be part of any arrangements concerning the management of the crossings or overseeing the entry of aid,” he revealed, and demanded that the management of the crossings be Palestinian-Egyptian, as it was before the Israeli war on Gaza.
Hamas warns Netanyahu that a full Gaza occupation could “harm the hostages”
In response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s intention to fully occupy the Gaza Strip, he warned that “any attempt to invade the Gaza Strip will expose the lives of Israeli prisoners held by Hamas to unprecedented danger.”
He also compared the hostages to Palestinian security prisoners that Israeli currently holds in prisons, who are mainly detained on terrorist activities charges.
“Hamas understands the feelings of the families of the Israeli prisoners, because every Palestinian home has a prisoner in the occupation’s jails,” he emphasized.
