User:Irtapil/Motives for Al Aqsa Flood
The Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), described the multiple motives for initiating the 2023 October 7 attacks in detail. In a statement from Mohammed Deif (the commander-in-chief of Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades)[1] released on the day as an 11 minute long video message in Arabic,[2][3][4] and a written statement in English.[1] The Hamas Movement later relax a more detailed statement about the attacks thar the called "Our Narrative".
List of stated motives[change | change source]
- Israeli violation of international laws,[1] and the lack of any response to this from the international community.[1]
- Israeli attacks on Palestinians, particularly women, children, and elderly people.[1] In the past of the speech where Deif called for others to join the attacks on Israel, he briefly discouraged attacks on children and elderly people, .
Motives relating to Al Aqsa[change | change source]
- Israeli actions in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound.[1][a]
- Plans to demolish Al Aqsa and build a Third Temple in Jerusalem,[1][b] on the site that Israelis and Christian Zionists en:Christian Zionism call the Temple Mount.
Other Websites[change | change source]
- Full English translation of the 7 October speech from the Oasis Center.
Related Pages[change | change source]
Notes and References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Statement by Al-Qassam Brigades Chief of Staff Mohammed Deif". Ezzedeen AL-Qassam Brigades (English). EQB Information Office. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ↑ "We announce the start of the al-Aqsa Flood". Fondazione Internazionale Oasis. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ↑ "[[Arabic language|Arabic]]: خطاب "طوفان الأقصى" "The Speech: al Aqsa Flood"". مؤسسة الدراسات الفلسطينية (Institute for Palestine Studies) (in Arabic). Institute for Palestine Studies. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
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: URL–wikilink conflict (help) - ↑ Deif, Mohammed (7 October 2023). "Title: خطاب قائد هيئة أركان القسام محمد الضيف (7 أكتوبر) Speech by Al-Qassam Chief of Staff Muhammad Al-Deif (7 October)". Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades (in Arabic). No. video number 2796. دائرة الإعلام العسكري Military Information Department. كتائب الشهيد عز الدين القسام - فلسطين. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ↑ "The Israeli occupation forces have escalated their incursion into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, desecrating the Muslim sacred sites and repeatedly attacking worshippers, particularly women, children, and elderly people".[1]
- ↑ "They have declared their intentions to build their purported temple on the ruins of the Al-Aqsa Mosque."[1]