Hamas says Operation al-Aqsa Flood, which was launched last year against the Israeli regime in response to its intensified atrocities against Palestinians, shattered the regime’s “perceived military superiority.”
Khalil al-Hayya, a senior member of the Palestinian resistance movement’s Political Bureau, said, “Performing the operation, Palestinian fighters carried out heroic acts that have changed the balance of power.”
“Our objective is clear, we seek the complete liberation of our land and holy sites, the establishment of a sovereign, independent Palestinian state, and the return of refugees to their homeland.” He told Palestinian Arabic-language al-Aqsa television channel on Sunday ahead of the first anniversary of the operation.
The surprise operation saw Hamas and its fellow Gaza Strip-based Palestinian resistance movement of the Islamic Jihad storming the occupied Palestinian territories and taking more than 240 Israelis captive.