Hizbullah-affiliated academic Sheikh Sadek Al-Naboulsi discussed in a March 3, 2024 interview on OTV (Lebanon) the possibility of negotiations for a ceasefire with Israel. He asked whether the Palestinian resistance could make concessions after this "great massacre." He later said that a Palestinian man told him that they can afford to sacrifice at least 100,000 martyrs, because their cause is just and sacred. He continued to say that countries cannot achieve liberation without blood, victims, suffering, and destruction.
Sadek Al-Naboulsi: "Do you really think that there can be negotiations on top of corpses skulls, and graves? Do you really think that the Palestinian resistance today, after all these sacrifices – we have 30,000 martyrs and over 100,000 people wounded... Do you think that the Palestinian resistance and the Palestinian people would agree to make concessions to the Israeli enemy, after this great massacre that it committed..."
Interviewer: "So more blood will be shed and there will be more martyrs, and ultimately, everybody will sit to the negotiations table, even if indirectly..."
Al-Naboulsi: "I had a conversation with a Palestinian. I said to him that there are many martyrs. Do you know what he said to me? There were about 15,000 of them back then. He said: 'The earthquake in Turkey killed 50,000-70,000 Turks within minutes. Our cause is just and sacred. We can afford to sacrifice 100,000 martyrs at least.' He gave me the example of Algeria. Until their liberation from French occupation, the Algerians sacrificed 1.5 million martyrs. Countries that want to be liberated cannot do it without blood, victims, suffering and destruction."