🟢 Hamas Head in Gaza, Dr. Khalil Al-Hayya, in an interview to Al-Jazeera (1/2):
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The occupation failed to achieve its goals, and I do not believe the occupation has the motivation to return to war. It has not achieved any of its goals over the past two years, thanks to the steadfastness of our people and despite the immense sacrifices.
Gaza has given more than 10% of its population as martyrs, wounded, prisoners, and missing. This is a very difficult statistic.
We have the great and sufficient will on our part for the war not to return, and we will not give the occupation any pretext to resume the war.
The international community, both popular and official, will also not allow the occupation to return to war.
We handed over 20 captives from the occupation's soldiers, whether active duty or reserve, 72 hours after the ceasefire began, and we abided by that.
There are difficulties in searching for the bodies of the occupation's captives, because the "israeli" occupation changed the landscape of Gaza's land. Even some of those who buried these bodies were martyred or no longer know where they buried them. Despite all this, 17 bodies have been handed over to the "israeli" occupation so far, out of 28 bodies. 13 bodies remain from the list provided by the occupation.
Our brothers in the resistance and in the Al-Qassam Brigades are serious about searching day and night, and everyone witnesses this seriousness. There is an operations room in Cairo with the mediators and a team from the occupation, and we are on the opposite side in a special room, following up moment by moment.
There was an agreement for equipment to enter from the Egyptian side and for search areas to be designated, and this was done. Two days ago, new areas were designated to search for bodies, and I believe these areas, some of which are inside the "red zone" where the occupation is present, will be entered tomorrow under the auspices of the Red Cross.
There is seriousness and a decision from us and the resistance that we will not leave any of these bodies. We will search with all seriousness and responsibility, and the occupation must not use this flimsy pretext to continue harming our Palestinian people.
There are national issues that Hamas does not own alone, but rather are owned by all national parties. We held several meetings with the factions, including the Fatah movement.
What we agreed upon with the Palestinian factions is almost the same as the issues we agreed upon with the Fatah movement. We clearly agreed on what was issued in our statement, the first item of which was the administrative committee that the brother mediators are seeking to form to take over the responsibility of managing Gaza. We approved the list of names presented to us by our Egyptian brothers and told them we give you the freedom to choose qualified people from our nation to manage the Gaza Strip.
We are ready to hand over the reins of administration completely, and we have agreed on that.
Nearly 4 months ago, we gave the Egyptian brothers a list of more than 40 names of public national figures with no political affiliation, and we told them to choose whomever they wish from it. There will be a civilian police force subordinate to the administrative committee in the Gaza Strip.
The committee will manage the entire Gaza Strip in all matters, and we will hand over all reins of administration in Gaza. The committee will manage everything and will have full authority. There is a complete administrative apparatus that runs the Gaza Strip, and the incoming committee will be the public face for the Gaza Strip to manage this apparatus.
We agreed on the UN forces that will come to separate (forces) and monitor the ceasefire. We said in a statement that the forces' mission is separation, securing the borders, and monitoring the ceasefire so it is not violated by any party. We welcome Arab and Islamic bodies to be part of the UN forces, but they will have no work inside the Gaza Strip.
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