In an interview conducted with him by al-Aqsa satellite channel on Wednesday, Hayya said that the Israeli occupation state’s attempts to impose itself as a reality and devour the Palestinian land through settlement expansion, intimidation, terrorism, killing, and normalization deals would be doomed to failure.

“The occupation does not recognize the Palestinian people’s rights and is trying to perpetuate its existence on our land; however, our people are working at the same pace to eradicate it,” the Hamas official added.

He warned that any harm that comes to Palestinian resistance leaders, including Yehya as-Sinwar and Saleh al-Aruri, would be a “declaration of war” by the zionist occupation, adding that the Palestinian people would respond strongly to any israeli escalation.

He described the zionist regime’s recent threats to assassinate resistance leaders as a “reflection of its cowardice, weakness and fragility,” asserting that such threats only make the Palestinian people and their resistance more determined to resist it. (ILKHA)