Hamas says it will not negotiate the release of the hostages "until the end of the aggression"

The group calls for demonstrations on Friday in the Palestinian territories and other Arab and Muslim countries

MADRID, 10 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The leader of the political arm of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Ismail Haniye, stressed this Tuesday that the Islamist group will not negotiate the release of the hostages kidnapped within the framework of the offensive launched on Saturday "until the end of the aggression." .

Haniye stressed that Hamas "has informed all parties involved that discussions on the hostages held by the resistance will not take place until the end of the aggression," according to a statement published by the group on its website.

Likewise, he applauded the "resilience" of the population of the Gaza Strip "in their search for a free and dignified life" and stressed that "the colonial occupation will pay a price for the devastation caused to the Palestinians in Gaza."

The Islamist group has also called demonstrations on Friday in the West Bank, Jerusalem and all Arab and Muslim countries in support of its offensive against Israel, given the "historic achievements of the Palestinian resistance."

"We ask the Arab and Muslim world and the free peoples of the world to attend the events for the 'Al Aqsa Flood' on Friday to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people and resistance, denounce the crimes of the Israeli occupation and thwart their aggressive plans," he said in a statement.

Thus, he stressed that among the objectives is also "the Al Aqsa mosque" and has stressed that the call also affects "Palestinian citizens of the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem", who are asked to "participate in massive protests against the occupation." Israeli and settler colonials everywhere.

"We call on Palestinian citizens of the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948 to intensify their presence at the Al Aqsa Mosque to preserve their Islamic identity, prevent Israeli settlers from desecrating it, and thwart Israeli plans to divide and Judaize the Muslim holy site. ", has explained.

Furthermore, he called on "Arab and Muslim peoples and Palestinians around the world", particularly in refugee camps abroad, "to march towards the borders of occupied Palestine in solidarity with Palestine, Jerusalem and the Al Aqsa Mosque.

"We call on the free peoples of the world to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people and to support their just cause and their legitimate rights to freedom, independence, return and self-determination," Hamas stressed.

Israel has so far confirmed more than 900 dead and 2,700 injured since the start of the Hamas offensive, launched on Saturday and backed by Islamic Jihad, while 765 Palestinians and some 4,000 have been injured as a result of Israel's bombings and attacks against the Strip, to which more than 15 are added in operations and clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank.