DOHA (Reuters) – A Hamas representative said Israel must end its violations in Jerusalem and repair the damage caused by the bombing of Gaza after the ceasefire that began on Friday.
“It is true that the battle ends today but Netanyahu and the whole world must know that we are ready to draw and that we will continue to increase our resistance capacities,” said Ezzat el Rechiq, member of the Hamas political bureau. .
He told Reuters in Doha that the movement’s demands also include protecting the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and ending the eviction of several Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem, which Ezzat el Rechiq described as “a red line”.
“What happens after the battle of the ‘sword of Jerusalem’ will not be like what happened before, because the Palestinian people have supported the resistance and know that it is they who will liberate their land and protect their people. holy places, ”said Ezzat el Rechiq.
The conflict erupted on May 10 after days of clashes between Israeli and Palestinian forces around the Al Aqsa Mosque in the heart of the Old City of Jerusalem, in the midst of Ramadan, a holy month for Muslims, amid threat of news. expulsions of Palestinian families from East Jerusalem.
(Eman Kamel and Ghaida Ghantous; French version Camille Raynaud)
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