Hamas Welcomes International Forces to Protect Palestinians and Rejects Disarming the Resistance

The leader in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Taysir Suleiman, revealed the movement's position on the issue of Turkish or Islamic forces participating in any potential security force in the Gaza Strip, confirming that the movement welcomes any international presence aimed at protecting the Palestinian people, and categorically rejects any forces whose goal is to fight the resistance or disarm it.

Suleiman explained that the Palestinian people in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, and the territories occupied in 1967 are subjected to continuous aggressions by the Israeli occupation, noting that what is happening in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and what the Gaza Strip witnessed in the recent period of direct killings and genocide, confirms the need for real protection for Palestinians.

He added that any international talk about introducing forces into Gaza must start from a clear objective, saying that the mission of these forces, as expressed by Hamas and Palestinian factions, is to stand at the border areas and protect the Palestinian people from Israeli aggressions and prevent any infiltrations, confirming that any agreement that achieves this goal is welcomed and called for.

Suleiman emphasized that the movement clearly rejects any military or security presence whose goal is to fight the resistance or disarm it, saying that Hamas considers any such action a deviation from what is agreed upon, and constitutes a breach of a path that is supposed to lead to protecting the Palestinian people, not targeting them.

Regarding the Israeli rejection of Turkish or Islamic forces participating, the Hamas leader considered that the occupation always seeks to empty any initiative of its content, explaining that Israel only wants forces that work to serve its interests and do not stand against its aggressions.

Suleiman said that the occupation well understands that Turkish or Islamic forces will not be on the side of Israeli aggressions, and will not participate in fighting Hamas or Palestinian factions or the resistance in the Gaza Strip, predicting that the coming days will witness an escalation in Israeli opposition to any Turkish presence in this context.

The Hamas leader warned that the scenario sought by the occupation is to form forces similar to UNIFIL forces in southern Lebanon, which allows Israel to move freely without any real intervention or genuine restrictions from the United Nations or the Security Council.

Suleiman pointed to what he described as the contradiction in the Israeli and American proposal, noting the American administration's talk about the desire of more than 50 countries to participate, confirming that this large number of countries will not accept working according to the Israeli vision that targets the resistance or imposes inspections or pursuit of Palestinian fighters.

The Hamas leader concluded by emphasizing that any security or political arrangements that impose a government or authority that obeys the occupation's orders and implements its policies are rejected Arabically and Palestinianly, stressing that Hamas and the Palestinian resistance will not accept any formula that diminishes the Palestinian people's right to resistance or affects their security and dignity.