Watan-The spokesperson for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, Abu Ubaida, appeared on Sunday for the first time in both audio and visual format since November 23 of the previous year. This marked his first visual appearance in the new year 2024, in a speech broadcasted by the Qatari channel “Al-Jazeera.”
Abu Ubaida, speaking more than 3 months after the Israeli war against Gaza, stated, “We inflicted losses on the enemy, and we continue to impose significant costs exceeding those incurred on October 7, 2023. We targeted and disabled more than 1000 Israeli military vehicles during 100 days in the Palestinian territory.”
#أبو_عبيدة: من واجبنا أن نحيط ملياري مسلم في العالم بأن العدو الصهيوني دمر معظم مساجد قطاع غزة.. كلمة بالصوت والصورة حصلت الجزيرة عليها للناطق باسم كتائب القسام بعد 100 يوم من بدء #حرب_غزة#الأخبار pic.twitter.com/0AWXPEsYxs
— قناة الجزيرة (@AJArabic) January 14, 2024
Abu Ubaida Reveals the Most Important Industry for Al-Qassam
He revealed that the weapons used by al-Qassam against the occupation are locally manufactured, emphasizing that these industries “and all military machinery were of no use against the dirty American arsenal in the hands of the Zionist mercenaries in the field if it were not for our most important industry.”
Abu Ubaida stressed that al-Qassam’s weapons, which inflicted damage on the occupation, are a local product, pointing out that these industries “and all military machinery were of no use against the dirty American arsenal in the hands of the Zionist mercenaries in the field if it were not for our most important industry.”
He continued, explaining, “And that is the industry of the fighting human… that Palestinian resistant fighter whose will and determination to confront the killers of his ancestors, fathers, violators of his sanctities, and occupiers of his homeland cannot be stopped by any force on the earth.”
Key points from Abu Ubaida’s speech:
- Any talk other than stopping the aggression on our people has no value.
- The enemy failed to achieve its goals or release any of our prisoners.
- The fate of many prisoners has become unknown in recent weeks.
- It is our duty to inform the billions of Muslims in the world that the Zionist enemy has destroyed most of the mosques in the Gaza Strip.
- We salute the resistance in Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq and mourn their martyrs.
- Messages from the resistance indicate an expansion of their operations in the coming days with the continuation of the aggression on Gaza.
Regarding the issue of prisoners, Abu Ubaida mentioned that “many of the enemy’s prisoners have become in an unknown situation, and the enemy’s leadership is the one responsible.”
Abu Ubaida also addressed Israeli crimes during the brutal war against Gaza, affirming that it is the duty of the resistance to “inform the billions of Muslims in the world that the occupation has destroyed most of the mosques in the Gaza Strip.”
Abu Ubaida’s speech is noteworthy as it is the first in both audio and visual format since November 23 of the previous year, preceding the temporary humanitarian ceasefire that lasted for a week.