The deputy head of the Hamas Movement in the Gaza Strip, said that the martyrdom of the head of the Movement’s political bureau, Ismail Haniya, has given the Palestinian people and their resistance a new spirit, new determination, and new strength.

Khalil al-Hayya said, in a speech at the mourning house of the late Hamas leader in Doha, stressed that “the martyrdom of the leader Ismail Haniya revived the nation anew, just as the Al-Aqsa Flood did last October.

The Hamas official added, “Haniya was the prime minister of the Palestinian people, and of the resistance of the people who aspire for freedom and return.”

The Hamas leader considered that the unification of the entire nation in praying for the martyr Ismail Haniya “is an indication of the nation’s embrace of his choice, which is advancing towards the achievement of our legitimate rights.”

He said, “We will continue on the path of struggle, jihad, and resistance until the liberation of Palestine, by the grace of Almighty Allah,” affirming, “Our will is strong and solid, it cannot be broken by the martyrdom of a leader, nor two, nor three, for we are proceeding, by the will of Allah.”

Al-Hayya said there is no vacuum in the Hamas resistance movement with the martyrdom of its leader as the institutions of the movement manage the affairs with full responsibility and love.

The chief of Hamas politburo was martyred at dawn on last Wednesday, in an assassination operation that targeted his residence in the Iranian capital Tehran after his participation at the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian.