Hamas spokesman Mousa Abu Marzouk made it clear once again that the terrorist group is not interested in the lives of civilians in Gaza by admitting in an interview that the tunnels that are under the conflict zone are only to protect Hamas members and that the responsibility to protect citizens lies with Israel and the United Nations.
In a televised interview that was translated this Monday by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Marzouk was asked why, if Hamas was able to build kilometers of Gaza bass tunnels, does it not build bomb shelters for civilians and the terrorist group's spokesman acknowledged that the underground constructions are for the exclusive use of Hamas members.
Although the terrorist group was the one that put the Palestinian population at risk by attacking Israel and provoking a war with the country, Marzouk does not consider it to be Hamas's responsibility to protect the lives of Gazan civilians.
"Everybody knows that 75% of the people in the Gaza Strip are refugees, and it is the responsibility of the United Nations to protect them. According to the Geneva Convention, it is the responsibility of the occupation to provide them with all the services as long as they are under occupation," he said.
While several countries in the world refuse to classify Hamas as a terrorist group and justify their crimes by arguing that Hamas is an organization "that defends its lands," the terrorists' spokesperson openly acknowledges that they are only protecting themselves.
Hamas Official Mousa Abu Marzouk: The Tunnels in Gaza Were Built to Protect Hamas Fighters, Not Civilians; Protecting Gaza Civilians Is the Responsibility of the U.N. and Israel #Hamas #Gaza pic.twitter.com/LlIVcQX6dt
— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) October 30, 2023
Israel uses civilians as human shield
Israel has already warned that Hamas uses its citizens as human shields and that its tunnels are under hospitals, schools, mosques and even homes. It is precisely because of this that Israel has insisted on conducting ground operations.
The IDF estimates that there are currently some 1,300 tunnels that allow them to attack Israel and practically disappear.
Beneath the hospitals, schools, mosques, and homes in Gaza lies a horrific underworld of Hamas terrorism. In order to dismantle Hamas, we must dismantle their underground tunnels. pic.twitter.com/pHBUPUqzQR
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 29, 2023
The hostages could be in the tunnels
Yocheved Lifshitz, a hostage who terrorists recently released, said that Hamas held her in a kind of "spider web" of tunnels and that possibly that is where the rest of the people kidnapped by Hamas are located.
Israel prepares to attack the tunnels
According to recent reports, the Israeli Defense Forces could be using a new generation weapon called a "sponge bomb" that hardens when it makes contact, which would create barriers to corner terrorists.
