by Israel National News
Senior Hamas official Ali Baraka describes terror group's preparations for Simchat Torah massacre in video translated by MEMRI.
Senior Hamas official Ali Baraka said in an October 8, 2023 interview that aired on Russia Today TV and was translated into English by The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) that Hamas had been secretly planning the invasion of southern Israel for two years, even as it was making it seem like it was busy governing the Gaza Strip.
He explained that this is the reason Hamas did not join the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in its previous round of fighting against Israel. He said that Hamas notified its allies in other Palestinian factions, in Hizbullah, in Iran, in Turkey, and in Russia only after the invasion started, and he stated that any prisoner exchange deal should involve Hamas prisoners held in the United States.
Later in the interview, Baraka said that Hamas has a license from Russia to locally produce bullets for Kalashnikovs, that Russia sympathizes with Hamas, and that it is pleased with the war because it is easing American pressure on it with regard to the war in Ukraine.
Israel National News
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