Senior Hamas Official Osama Hamdan: I Do Not Think Israel Will Exist Ten Years From Now; Liberation Requires A Very Large War With Israel – No Cost Is Too High For Palestine, Jerusalem, And Al-Aqsa Mosque; The People Who Are Sacrificed Are Accepted By Allah As Martyrs

Osama Hamdan, a member of the Hamas political bureau said in an episode of SamaQuds podcast, which was posted on YouTube on October 11, 2024 that he doesn’t think Israel will exist on the map of the region in 10 years. He added that the people who launched the October 7, 2023 Al-Aqsa Flood will be praised then, for starting the end of Israel. He claimed that Hamas doesn't attack civilian targets like cinemas and that the bus bombings mainly targeted soldiers.

Osama Hamdan: "The victory was promised to you [by Allah], so it is certain. The people who are sacrificed are accepted by Allah [as martyrs], and their reward is great, and the reward in this world is achieving the victory. You do not take the sacrifices lightly, and you do not plunge willingly towards death, but you also know that you have to follow this path patiently in order to be rewarded, and to accept these sacrifices in order for the achievement to be realized."

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Interviewer: "Isn't it possible that the cost has been higher than expected?"

Hamdan: "What price tag would you put on Palestine? How much are Palestine, Jerusalem, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque worth to you? With these issues, if you start putting a price on them, you'd better stay home."

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Interviewer: "What is the definition of an Israeli civilian? Are they divided into military and civilians?"

Hamdan: "Look, we have said that we are willing to accept the international definition of a 'civilian'. As far as I am concerned, any occupier is an occupier. Even if he is wearing a suit and tie, he is still an occupier. What has brought him to Palestine?

"Nevertheless, we have said that we are willing to accept the international definition of 'civilian'. What is the international definition of a 'civilian'? A person who is unarmed, does not fight, does not kill, and does not attack."

Interviewer: "So you are only talking about the children, because even their women carry guns."

Hamdan: "This is the international definition. I am fine with this definition. If we had chosen our target according to the criminal mentality of the occupation... Why don't we bomb cinemas, for example? Someone might jump here and say: 'What about the bus bombings?' Check out carefully and you will see that most of the casualties in the buses are soldiers.

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"The Al-Aqsa Flood, which was the culmination of a developing sequence of operations, which led to the opening of a big war with the occupation is laying the foundation for the liberation which requires a very large war with the occupation. You cannot lay the foundation for a war of liberation by burning firewood. You need a war of this size to lay the foundation for liberation.

"If our Lord allows us to live that long, I do not think that Israel will be on the map of the region in ten years. The people will then say: 'May Allah be pleased with the people who launched the Al-Aqsa Flood, because they wrote the first line in the story of the end of Israel.'"

Interviewer: "Inshallah, this annihilation will be soon."

Hamdan: "Inshallah."