Elli Cohen threatened to assassinate Ismail Haniyeh and Khaled Meshaal, the leaders of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas.
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Wednesday that his country will work to eliminate Ismail Haniyeh and Khaled Meshaal, the leaders of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas.
“We will work to eliminate Mashal and Haniyeh, and they will not die a natural death,” Cohen said in an interview with Israeli Channel 13.
Haniyeh is the head of Hamas’ political bureau while Meshaal is the head of the movement abroad.
Israel reportedly offered a ceasefire proposal but Hamas informed the mediators that it is not ready to discuss any humanitarian or comprehensive deal without a ceasefire.https://t.co/gUajpO8OF3 pic.twitter.com/xmpwB3RIgT
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) December 21, 2023
Member of Hamas’ political bureau Izzat al-Risheq said in a statement on Thursday that Cohen’s threat to assassinate Haniyeh and Meshaal are “shameless remarks” and an expression of Israel’s frustration.
The threat shows that the enemy is bewildered by its defeats against al-Qassam battalions, he said.
Many Palestinians were killed in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Israeli shelling and strikes. The Israeli military however is reportedly preventing medics and civil defense workers from reaching the wounded.https://t.co/TpwRnK07HK pic.twitter.com/4pdqa1Pvn5
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) December 21, 2023
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 20,000 Palestinians have been killed, including 8,000 children and 6,200 women, and 52,600 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
Palestinian and international estimates say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.
(PC, AJA)
