A number of senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders appeared in public on Tuesday shortly after a Gaza truce took hold, the first time they had done so since the conflict began on July 8.
Times of Israel reports that among them was Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior member of the Hamas political wing, and senior Jihad official Mohammed al-Hindi who gave a rousing victory speech to thousands of people gathered in a square in Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood.
“We’re going to build our port and our airport, and if they attack the port, they attack the port. But anyone who attacks the airport will have their airport attacked again,” Zahar said, according to Times of Israel.
He was referring to a two-day suspension of flights into Tel Aviv by major US and European airlines in mid-July after a rocket from Gaza struck a city a mile from the airport, in a move hailed as a victory by Hamas.
{Matzav.com Israel News Bureau}
Good. Gives Israel a chance to recalibrate their tracking of these guys. Dead men walking.
Chickens need to be g’shochtin!
Israel must exclde them from the n “negotiations” just to maintain self respect, if they still have it
Why didn’t the IDF eliminate them at that moment? Are they so scared of the UN?
Cowards!