JUST IN: Hamas leader Osama Hamdan Official Statement on Prisoner Exchange
✅"We are ready to enter into direct negotiations immediately to arrange the prisoner exchange and the on-the-ground conditions for it."
✅ "This matter [prisoner exchange] requires entering into direct negotiations for its arrangements... we believe that upon entering into the details, there will be a need for more time than [72 hours]."
– "We do not accept that the affairs of Gaza, as a part of Palestine, be managed by any non-Palestinian party."
✅ "The entry of foreign forces or a foreign administration into the Gaza Strip is an issue that is not acceptable to Palestinians."
✅"We renew our approval for the administration of the Gaza Strip to be handed over to a Palestinian body of technocrats."
✅"Future issues related to the Palestinian state must be answered within a broad national framework ... Hamas does not monopolize the right to answer them alone."
✅ "We do not accept any party other than Palestinians managing Gaza’s affairs."
✅"There is an on-the-ground reality concerning living captives and bodies that must be taken into account."
✅"We do not accept a foreign administration of the Gaza Strip, and an independent national body must be formed for this task. There is a Palestinian national agreement for Gaza to be administered by a Palestinian body."
✅ There is a Palestinian national agreement that a national Palestinian body, linked to the Palestinian Authority, will manage the Gaza Strip."
✅"Attempts to exclude Hamas from the Palestinian political process will not succeed."
Egypt's el-Sisi is a controversial and problematic leader, let's just say that. But when he spoke today in Qatar, I could hear, in his voice and words, the dignity and honor the Arab Middle East of my childhood used to have.
El-Sisi addressed the Israelis directly and told them: What your country is doing is not only putting new peace agreements at risk, it is endangering existing agreements.
This is very big and serious, coming from the leader of Egypt.
Israelis my age and younger don't know what it means to live next to an Egypt that is hostile to Israel. They have no idea that the entire stable phase of Zionism, from 1979 to October 7, 2023, has only been made possible by the peace agreements between the two countries.
They have no understanding of Egypt's power and standing, and, as usual, no respect for it.
'If the region goes back to an atmosphere of hostility, it's going to be bad for all of us,' el-Sisi tells them, in an almost fatherly, concerned, and imploring tone.
The Arab world is offering Israel perhaps one last lifeline. It will not take it.
But everyone, all of us, should remember the great generosity, patience, and lenience that Arab countries showed Israel before everything went to hell.
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History tells us that when Anwar Sadat visited Jerusalem in 1977, he met with Golda Mayer and asked her: Why didn't you agree to the peace proposal we sent you through Jarring [the Swedish UN Special Representative for the Middle East peace process]? You could have avoided the 1973 catastrophe.
(Israeli sources say that Golda answered: 'We didn't believe you'. But this is bullshit. They were just too proud and euphoric from the 1967 victory)
Almost 50 years later, the Arab world is, again, trying its best to make peace with the crazy Zionist entity. Like then, Israel chooses isolation and arrogance.
The big operation in Gaza -the final ethnic cleansing and destruction of the city - is beginning. This breaks the last remaining normal ties Israel has with humanity in general, and the Arab and Muslim countries in particular (for whose current generations, the Gaza Holocaust must be as horrific as the Nakba was for their parents and grandparents).
Historians will go back to this day and try to find answers for Israel's behavior. They won't find any that make sense.
⚡️⭕️ The Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister to CNN:
We heard from President Trump a strong message regarding the Israeli bombing
We appreciate President Trump's position and it must be followed by actions
Netanyahu was wasting our time regarding mediation and he was not serious
I don't have words to express how angry we are about the attack that was state terrorism
There will be a response from the region and this is what is being discussed with regional partners
We hope that the region's response will be real in order to stop Israel's bullying
Netanyahu threatens other countries in the region, which do not pose any threat to him
We do not accept Netanyahu's threats while he violates international law and starves the population of Gaza
Netanyahu must be brought to justice and he is wanted by the International Criminal Court
Netanyahu tries to give legal lectures but he violates international laws
⚡️⭕️ Footage documents the moment a child was targeted by a missile from an Israeli aircraft while she was filling water in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip.
Shocking footage from Gaza.
Thousands of Palestinians chase an Israeli tank as its withdrawal marks the start of U.S. “aid distribution” after a one-hour security sweep.
The soldier who released the footage compared the scene to “The Walking Dead.
This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that Allah would extend my life so I could return with my family and loved ones to our original town of occupied Asqalan (Al-Majdal). But Allah’s will came first, and His decree is final. I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification—so that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half.
I entrust you with Palestine—the jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world. I entrust you with its people, with its wronged and innocent children who never had the time to dream or live in safety and peace. Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart and scattered across the walls.
I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland. I entrust you to take care of my family. I entrust you with my beloved daughter Sham, the light of my eyes, whom I never got the chance to watch grow up as I had dreamed.
I entrust you with my dear son Salah, whom I had wished to support and accompany through life until he grew strong enough to carry my burden and continue the mission.
I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose blessed prayers brought me to where I am, whose supplications were my fortress and whose light guided my path. I pray that Allah grants her strength and rewards her on my behalf with the best of rewards.
I also entrust you with my lifelong companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah (Bayan), from whom the war separated me for many long days and months. Yet she remained faithful to our bond, steadfast as the trunk of an olive tree that does not bend—patient, trusting in Allah, and carrying the responsibility in my absence with all her strength and faith.
I urge you to stand by them, to be their support after Allah Almighty. If I die, I die steadfast upon my principles. I testify before Allah that I am content with His decree, certain of meeting Him, and assured that what is with Allah is better and everlasting.
O Allah, accept me among the martyrs, forgive my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path of freedom for my people and my family. Forgive me if I have fallen short, and pray for me with mercy, for I kept my promise and never changed or betrayed it.
Do not forget Gaza… And do not forget me in your sincere prayers for forgiveness and acceptance.
Anas Jamal Al-Sharif
06.04.2025
This is what our beloved Anas requested to be published upon his martyrdom.
Moments before the attack, the anchor, Sahar Emami, one of the most famous state TV presenters in the country, was saying: “Listen, what you hear is the sound of the aggressor. You hear the sound of the aggressor attacking the truth.”
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