Hamas Deputy Chief Saleh al-Arouri has mentioned that the battle with Israel has not “begun yet” and that their battle can be “Hezbollah’s fight.”
In a telephonic dialog with al-Manar, the Hezbollah-backed TV channel, al-Arouri mentioned that Hamas has been in fixed contact with Hezbollah. He additionally revealed that he had met Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on October 7, the day Hamas attacked Israel and that each one of their conferences haven’t been made public.
“If the enemy enters by land, it will be an unprecedented defeat [for Israel],” al-Arouri added amid a attainable Israeli floor invasion of Gaza. He mentioned that Hamas terrorists are “in good condition in spite of Israeli strikes on the Strip.”
Relating to the hostage scenario, the Hamas deputy chief mentioned that whereas the international hostages held by them are their “guests”, Israeli individuals held captive by Hamas will solely be launched in change for Hamas detainees in Israel.
In the meantime, the top of Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, met prime officers from Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) on Wednesday.
In accordance with a press release by Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, mentioned that Nasrallah met Saleh Al-Arouri, a deputy head of Hamas and the secretary common of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Ziad Nakhla. The assertion, nevertheless, didn’t point out the place the assembly occurred.
“An assessment was made of…what the parties of the resistance axis must do at this sensitive stage to achieve a real victory for the resistance in Gaza and Palestine and to stop the treacherous and brutal aggression against our people,” the assertion mentioned.