Israel Kills Three Sons & Four Grandchildren of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh

As negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire proceed in Cairo, Israeli forces killed three sons and 4 grandchildren of Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh in an airstrike in central Gaza on Wednesday. Haniyeh spoke to Al Jazeera shortly after the assault.

Ismail Haniyeh: “They consider that in the event that they kill or assassinate leaders or their subsequent of kin, that we are going to abandon our folks, that we are going to abandon our resistance. They’re mistaken. This noble blood that’s spilled, together with my very own kids, will harden our resolve, make us extra defiant, extra adamant to proceed to march on this highway, the highway of wrestle and resistance, till we win our freedom and the lawful rights of the Palestinian peoples are restored.”

Ismail Haniyeh’s members of the family have been killed as they have been reportedly touring to a gathering to mark the top of Ramadan. Throughout Gaza, Israel’s six-month-long assault has forged a darkish shadow on the vacation of Eid.

Iman Al-Dah: “We haven’t develop into accustomed to this life, and we received’t get used to it. We’re simply attempting to. This Eid has come with none new garments for the younger ones, no cash given to kids and no pleasure. Those that have misplaced folks, misplaced properties, what Eid is that this? That is the Eid of destruction, not the Eid of pleasure.”