Alwaght- Palestinians marked on Friday the 34th anniversary of the establishment of resistance movement Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Thousands of Palestinians joined a rally in Gaza city to commemorate the occasion and voice their support for the resistance movement.
During the rally, a Hamas leader, Mushir al-Masri confirmed that Hamas will continue resistance, foremost the armed struggle. Al-Masri stressed that al-Quds (Jerusalem) is a red line and will remain the center of conflict, noting that defending it is a sacred duty.
"Al-Qassam Brigades has strong cards to inaugurate a new prisoner swap, and the detainees' issue tops Hamas' priorities and it will work to liberate all detainees in the Zionist prisons'" Al-Masry added.
Al-Masry called on the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority to stop the security coordination with the occupying Israeli regime, as it is the most dangerous to the resistance project, to lift the punitive measures imposed on Gaza, and to stop the political arrests.
The senior Hamas official normalization of ties between Israel and some Arab states as "a stab in the back of the Palestinian cause," calling on normalizing nations to correct their legitimate, national, and moral path before it is too late.
Founded in 1987, which coincides with the First Palestinian Intifada or uprising, Hamas is the largest Palestinian resistance movement. Since its inception, Hamas has defended the impoverished enclave against four major Israeli wars, including the most recent 11-day conflict that ended in an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire in May.
