Hamas Deputy Commander Khalil al-Hayya in a Friday press conference from Gaza announced his organization would not make any additional concessions to Israel in the future, citing concession to the “Zionist enemy will not repeat again”.

Hamas last week also threatened to retaliate against continued Israeli strikes against its positions, referring to Israel Air Force retaliatory strikes in Gaza following rocket attacks into southern Israel.

The new Hamas administration that replaces Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh is even more radical following the election of Yahya Sinwar as Prime Minister of Gaza. al-Hayya called for a harder hand against “The Zionists” addressing PA (Palestinian Authority) leader Abu Mazen, calling upon him to stop the “vile security cooperation with the Zionist occupational army”.

The deputy commander also vowed there would not be any prisoner swaps in the future nor any land swaps or a Palestinian state created in Sinai. He explained Gaza is not the State of Palestine but a portion of the larger State of Palestine which will be realized when the occupation is driven out.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)