Haniyeh confirmed the deaths in an interview with the Al Jazeera satellite channel.

Three sons and three grandchildren of Hamas ’ top political leader were killed Wednesday by an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, and the leader accused Israel of acting in “the spirit of revenge and murder.”

In his interview with Al Jazeera, Haniyeh said the killings would not pressure Hamas into softening its positions.

“The enemy believes that by targeting the families of the leaders, it will push them to give up the demands of our people,” he said. “Anyone who believes that targeting my sons will push Hamas to change its position is delusional.”

“The criminal enemy is driven by the spirit of revenge and murder and does not value any standards or laws,” he said in the phone interview.

The strike came as Palestinians in Gaza marked a muted Eid al-Fitr holiday, which ends the holy fasting month of Ramadan, by visiting the graves of loved ones killed in the war.

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Wow that would “make sense” huh. Do you have any evidence for that “sense” or can someone blow up your entire family if your father does something bad?

    • locke@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      22·
      7 months ago

      I mean if my father was the head of a rebel resistance movement, I think it would increase the odds of me being part of the same movement.

      • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        22·
        7 months ago

        Okay very cool so you endorse wiping out entire families because of one person?

        Where is the evidence these people were Hamas

        • locke@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          22·
          7 months ago

          Of course I have no evidence. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe you also have no evidence that they were not?

          • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            23·
            7 months ago

            I believe you also have no evidence that they were not?

            I do have evidence they were not. I will debunk all the “presented evidence” in this comment:

            Oh wait there is no evidence. That’s right.

        • locke@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          7 months ago

          Okay very cool so you endorse wiping out entire families because of one person?

          Do I?

          We know that our species has the ability to deteriorate circumstances so badly that violence ensues. In many cases, there’s no obvious objective single perpetrator – things just deteriorate slowly to a place where nothing sane can be done to fix it. Israel vs Palestine is an obvious example of this happening.

          Realizing this fact doesn’t mean that one supports it or any of the steps that were taken to end up in that situation. I may have the opinion that I would rather see Israel win this thing, but it’s not like I think that that would be an absolutely great thing. Just a less shitty thing than any other realistic option that I can see.

          I understand that this means that I indirectly support deaths of people who deserve to die, but also of people who don’t deserve to die. But now that we’re here, there’s no path in which that doesn’t happen.

          • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            22·
            7 months ago

            I may have the opinion that I would rather see Israel win this thing,

            Rooting for the Nazis is not a great look. Not sure how any person still supports israel.