RABAT
The balance of power on the ground between the Palestinian resistance and Israel had changed, a senior leader of the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas said Saturday.
"The resistance will cross the border in the next battle to kill Israel's soldiers," Osama Hamdan, the chief of international relations at the movement, added.
He said during a political gathering in the Moroccan capital Rabat that Hamas has videos showing the enormity of the losses the Israeli army had sustained during its offensive on the Gaza Strip.
Hamdan added that support given the Palestinian resistance by Arab countries contributed to what he called the achievements this resistance made in the past weeks.
"Israel's continual aggressions against the Gaza Strip aim to spoil the Palestinian national project," Hamdan said.
"The battle waged by the resistance proved that resistance to the enemy is the only means through which the Palestinians can liberate Jerusalem," he added.
Hamdan called on Arab peoples to keep on supporting the Palestinians in their struggle against the Israeli occupation of their territories and violations against the Gaza Strip.
Israel has resumed its attacks against different parts of the Gaza Strip since Friday, a short time after a three-day humanitarian ceasefire came to an end in the Palestinian enclave.
The Palestinians and the Israelis had been negotiating a durable arrangement in Gaza in the Egyptian capital Cairo until early Friday, but the Israeli delegation had left to Tel Aviv, leaving the Palestinian delegation behind in Cairo.
At least 1906 people were killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza since July 7 and 9817 others injured. Thousands of homes have also been destroyed in the offensive.
Around 64 Israeli soldiers have also been killed in battles with Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip and three civilians by rocket fire, according to Israeli figures.
By Sarah Ayet Kharsa
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