Al-Qassam calls on region’s people to oppose ‘Greater Israel’ project

The military spokesperson for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades said he welcomed what he described as the “heroic action” by fighters of the Islamic resistance in Lebanon in confronting Israeli forces and inflicting heavy losses on them, as well as striking what he called significant targets deep inside Israel.

In a message issued on Monday, the spokesperson said: “We stand with the resistance fighters as they exercise their right to defend their land and the sovereignty of their country in the face of aggression that has not stopped for a single moment.”

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He added that the group offered condolences for those martyred in Lebanon and wished a speedy recovery for the wounded, and safety for the country’s people.

Al-Qassam spokesperson also referred to the late Hassan Nasrallah, saying he “took a moral and courageous decision to stand with Gaza and its people, and gave his life along with many of his brothers on the road to Jerusalem,” according to the Palestinian news agency Ma’an News Agency.

He continued: “We call on the people of our nation to unite and stand together against the plans of the Zionist enemy and its intentions to expand the aggression to more Arab and Islamic countries, as it no longer hides its ambitions to establish what it calls ‘Greater Israel’.”

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