“We in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) reject and strongly deplore the report issued by UN official Pramila Patten. Regarding the allegation and allegations that Palestinian resistance fighters committed incidents of ‘rape and sexual violence’ during the events of October 7, which came after failed Zionist attempts to prove that false accusation, which was confirmed to be baseless, other than demonizing the Palestinian resistance and covering up the report of the United Nations rapporteurs on There is conclusive evidence of horrific human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls by the Zionist occupation forces.

“Despite Ms. Patten’s false and false claims and accusations against Palestinian resistance fighters, her report did not document any testimony from what she calls the victims of these cases. Rather, in her report, she relied on Israeli institutions, soldiers, and witnesses who were chosen by the occupation authorities, to push towards an attempt to prove this false accusation, which was refuted by all investigations. And international reports.

“Ms. Patten's allegations clearly contradict what emerged from the testimonies of Israeli women about the good treatment of them by resistance fighters, as well as the testimonies of released Israeli female prisoners, and what they confirmed of the good treatment they received during their captivity in Gaza.

“This false accusation will not succeed in obliterating the ugliness and horror of the Zionist crimes committed in the Gaza Strip, which caused the death of about 40,000 Palestinians, most of them women, children and civilians, in a mass crime and ethnic cleansing, and in deliberate disregard of the decisions of the International Court of Justice and other international reports, which It documented parts of the crimes and atrocities committed in Gaza by neo-Nazis.”“Press Statement,” Hamas Online Telegram Channel, March 5, 2024.

“We are at the doors of the blessed month of Ramadan, and with this Nazi aggression against our people continuing for the 151st day, despite the scale of killing, massacres, and genocide, and the pain of displacement, hunger, and thirst, this Nazi enemy has not achieved any of its aggressive goals.

“The image of the erosion of the defeated entity and its war pillars internally is increasingly deteriorating and growing, while the image of our people’s steadfastness, patience, strength, and the bravery of our resistance is firm, rooted, and determined to be victorious.

“We send our greetings, pride, and honor to our people in the Gaza Strip, who continue their legendary epic of patience and sacrifice. We also send peace and greetings to the victorious Al-Qassam Brigades, the fighting Saraya Al-Quds, and the men of the Palestinian resistance on the land of Gaza of glory, who continue with all strength, capability, will, and determination to forge a legacy of glory for our people and our nation.”“‘This is Why Negotiations are Stalling’–Osama Hamdan,” Palestine Chronicle, March 5, 2024, https://www.palestinechronicle.com/this-is-why-negotiations-are-stalling-osama-hamdan/.

“We have previously announced that our contact has been cut off with our mujahideen who are guarding a number of enemy prisoners and that we believe that a number of the prisoners have been killed as a result of the Zionist bombing.

“After examination and scrutiny during recent weeks, we have confirmed the martyrdom of a number of our mujahideen and the killing of seven enemy prisoners in the Gaza Strip as a result of the Zionist bombing.”Danielle Greyman-Kennard and Sam Halpern, “Hamas claims seven hostages killed in captivity in Gaza,” Jerusalem Post, March 1, 2024, https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-789799.  

“We hold the Zionist occupation, its fascist government, its Nazi army, President Biden, and the American administration fully responsible for this massacre, and for the escalation of the war of genocide and ethnic cleansing against our people.

“We have mercy on the souls of our people’s martyrs, and we affirm that their sacrifices and blood will not be in vain, and that we will remain loyal to our cause, our land, and our sanctities.”“Press Statement,” Hamas Online Telegram Channel, February 29, 2024.

“We in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) condemn in the strongest terms the use of the US President Joe Biden’s administration’s veto against the Algerian draft resolution in the Security Council, demanding an immediate ceasefire for humanitarian reasons and rejecting forced displacement. We consider the failure of this resolution to be a disruption of international will in service of the Nazi occupation’s agenda aimed at killing and displacing our Palestinian people.

“President Joe Biden and his administration bear direct responsibility for obstructing the issuance of a decision to stop the aggression against Gaza. The American position is a green light for the occupation to commit more massacres, and to kill our defenseless people through bombing and starvation, and a direct partnership in the war of extermination that it is committing against children and defenseless civilians in the Gaza Strip.”“**Press Statement**|,” Hamas Online Telegram Channel, February 20, 2024.

“In light of the statements of the leaders of the Nazi occupation, declaring their intention to expand their ongoing brutal aggression against the Gaza Strip to include the city of Rafah, which is crowded with our displaced people, we warn of the danger of the occupation committing widespread and horrific massacres in the city of Rafah, which contains more than 1.4 million displaced Palestinian citizens, living in poor conditions. Harsh humanity as a result of the continued aggression and the brutal terrorist crimes of the occupation.

“The American administration’s position of not supporting the attack on Rafah does not absolve it of full legal and political responsibility for the consequences of this attack and the resulting massacres of children, women and defenseless civilians. It provides the occupation with open support with the weapons with which the Palestinian people are killed around the clock.

“We call on the League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the United Nations Security Council to take urgent and serious action to prevent the occupation and its neo-Nazi leaders from committing genocide in the city of Rafah with the aim of displacing our Palestinian people, whose steadfastness, sacrifices and adherence to their land have thwarted the goals of the Nazi occupation.”“Press Statement,” Hamas Online Telegram Channel, February 10, 2024.

“Palestinians’ resistance against the Israeli occupation is the real guarantee for a potential deal, like the one that was achieved during the Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.”“Senior Hamas leader says operations like October 7 will ‘guarantee a potential deal,’” i24News, February 19, 2024, https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/palestinian-territories/1708326714-senior-hamas-leader-says-operations-like-october-7-will-guarantee-a-potential-deal.

Statement following the onset of the Hamas-Israel war in Gaza:

 “[If America] directly intervenes in Gaza events…If it directly intervenes all American presence in the region will become legitimate targets for the resistance axis.”Sinan Mahmoud, “Iran-backed Shiite parties and Iraq militias pledge support to Hamas,” National, October 9, 2023, https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/palestine-israel/2023/10/09/iran-iraq-hamas/.

Statement following the onset of the Hamas-Israel war in the Gaza strip:

 “[T]he current victories achieved in Palestine have been unable to be achieved by all the Arab armies…all the Arab leaders abandoned the Palestinian cause, and only the Islamic Revolution [referring to Iran] and the resistance factions remain with it…if America intervenes in Palestine, we will be forced to intervene and will not hesitate to target [US personnel].”Joe Truzman, “Other Iraqi groups, figures join the fray warning the United States against support for Israel,” Long War Journal, October 11, 2023, https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/10/other-iraqi-groups-figures-join-the-fray-warning-the-united-states-against-support-for-israel.php.

From Hamas’s “Our Narrative… Operation Al-Aqsa Flood”:

“The Hamas Movement according to international laws and norms is a national liberation movement that has clear goals and mission. It gets its legitimacy to resist the occupation from the Palestinian right to self-defense, liberation and self-determination. Hamas has always been keen to restrict its fight and resistance with the Israeli occupation on the occupied Palestinian territory, yet, the Israeli occupation did not abide by that and committed massacres and killings against the Palestinians outside Palestine.

“5. We stress that resisting the occupation with all means including the armed resistance is a legitimized right by all norms, divine religions, the international laws including the Geneva Conventions and its first additional protocol and the related UN resolutions e.g. The UN General Assembly Resolution 3236, adopted by the 29th session of the General Assembly on Nov. 22, 1974 which affirmed the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people in Palestine, including the right to self-determination and the right to return to ‘their homes and property from where they were expelled, displaced and uprooted.’

“6. Our steadfast Palestinian people and their resistance are waging a heroic battle to defend their land and national rights against the longest and brutalist colonial occupation. The Palestinian people are confronting an unprecedented Israeli aggression that committed heinous massacres against Palestinian civilians, most of them were children and women. In the course of the aggression on Gaza, the Israeli occupation deprived our people in Gaza of food, water, medicines and fuel, and simply deprived them from all means of life. In the meantime, the Israeli warplanes savagely struck all Gaza infrastructures and public buildings including schools, universities, mosques, churches and hospitals in a clear sign of ethnic cleansing aimed at expelling the Palestinian people from Gaza. Yet, the backers of the Israeli occupation did nothing but kept the genocide ongoing against our people.”“Our Narrative… Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” Hamas Online Telegram Channel, January 21, 2024.