Gaza - Saba:
The Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" stated that "the massacres of the Zionist occupation will not grant it legitimacy or sovereignty over an inch of the Palestinian lands, and will not succeed in breaking the will of the Palestinian people to stand firm and resist in defense of their land and sanctities.
This came in a press statement on Tuesday, on the 31st anniversary of the horrific Ibrahimi Mosque massacre, which was "committed by the extremist Zionist criminal Baruch Goldstein on this day in 1994, with the participation of occupation soldiers and border guard police, during which 29 martyrs were killed and dozens of children and elderly were injured."
"This anniversary comes in light of the occupation's escalation of its crimes throughout the West Bank and occupied Quds, and its continuation in implementing its aggressive plans of annexation, displacement, storming and desecration of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, confirming its criminal policy, the systematic attacks against our land, people and holy sites, in flagrant violation of all international norms and covenants, and in disregard of all international community decisions rejecting occupation and aggression," Hamas added.
On the anniversary of this horrific massacre, the movement offered its condolences to "the souls of our righteous martyrs who ascended in our people's march towards freedom, independence and defense of the land and holy sites. We ask Allah Almighty for a speedy recovery for the wounded, and the imminent freedom of our heroic prisoners. We salute the masses of our great people who are steadfast on their land and clinging to their rights in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Quds, the occupied interior, and in refugee camps and diaspora."
"The massacre of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron is a systematic and repeated fascist model against our Palestinian people, the details of which the world witnessed in the aggression against the Gaza Strip by the criminal Netanyahu and his extremist government and his Zionist army. They pose a real threat not only to our land and our people, but also to the security and stability of the region and the world, in light of international silence and failure to criminalize and stop their violations."
Hamas said "the occupier's Judaization and settlement plans throughout the West Bank and occupied Quds, through attempts to seize, annex, desecrate and erase identity, and prevent worshipers from performing their worship by force of arms and the rampage of extremist settlers, will not succeed in terrorizing our people or falsifying the facts of history, and will not grant the occupation legitimacy or sovereignty over an inch of our land, and will fail to break the will of our people to resist in defense of their land and holy sites."
"The memory of our people is alive, they will not forget or forgive these crimes and massacres committed by the enemy against them, not the last of which are the crimes of genocide against our people in the Gaza Strip for more than fifteen months, and its ongoing crimes in the West Bank and Quds; these are described, documented and proven crimes, and will not be subject to a statute of limitations."
The movement renewed its demand "for the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court and all human rights organizations in the world to prosecute the leaders of the occupation for their heinous crimes against our land, our people and our holy sites, and to work to prevent them from escaping trial and punishment, and to reject American pressures that support and partner with the occupation in its crimes and massacres."
Hamas called on "the masses of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Quds, the occupied interior, and in refugee camps and the diaspora to continue their steadfastness, perseverance, and resistance, and to strengthen the bonds of national cohesion and solidarity, and to stand as one solid structure; for you are the rock under which all the plans of the enemy and its supporters in displacement and liquidation of our national cause will be shattered." She stressed that "we are with you in one trench, until our rights are seized, our aspirations are achieved, our enemy is defeated, and our independent state is established with Quds as its capital."