Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh: We Should Hold on to the Moment of the Victory of October 7 and Build Upon It; Time Is on Our Side; Donations to Gaza Are Not “Humanitarian Aid” but “Financial Jihad” #Qatar #Hamas #Palestinians #Jihad pic.twitter.com/kZ9MluYhZb

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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh encouraged Islamic terrorists this week to “build upon” the “victory that took place on October 7” in which Palestinian terrorists murdered 1,200 Israelis in an unprecedented terrorist attack on Israel.

Haniyeh made the remarks at a conference of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, according to a translation provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute.

“There is verbal Jihad, which is Jihad by the tongue, but indeed, the time has come for Jihad of the swords,” he said. “This is the battle for Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and not the battle of the Palestinian people, or Gaza, or the people in Gaza.”

[This should be a clarifying moment for anyone who thinks Hamas will ever be a partner for peace. There is no peace with Hamas. And the people in Gaza seemed pretty enthusiastic about this plan too, at least until very recently. — Ed]