Ghazi Hamad

“[Following 7 October] There will be a second, third, and fourth because we have the will, the resolve, and the capabilities to fight.”

“Israel is a country that has no place on our (Palestine's) land.That nation must go because it poses a military and political threat to the security of the Arab and Islamic countries and must be destroyed.”

“We are victims - everything we do is justified.”

“We will repeat the October 7 attack time and again until Israel is annihilated.”

“[On the issue of considering Corbyn a "friend" of Hamas] In order to be careful. I don't want this word to be used against him. [...] But we expect him to translate what he said before into actions - to move from words to deeds.We expect Mr Corbyn and Britain to change the policy and to understand that the struggle of the Palestinian people against the occupation is fair. And that Hamas is not a terrorist organisation.This can prove that he really can be a good friend for the Palestinians.”

“[On Jeremy Corbyn, who was elected leader of the British Labour Party later in September 2015] I find that he has very good sympathy and support for the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian struggle and he is frankly against the occupation, against the racist policy of Israel, against settlements.According to his statements, I feel that he could be very close to the Palestinians, the Arabs and to the Muslims. He supports all the right things in the world regarding freedom, justice, dignity, the right of people under occupation to get their national rights.”