Zahhar: We are close to historic victory

10-01-2011,09:39
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Agencies- Gaza -Palestinians will achieve a historic triumph in any future
confrontation with Israel, but the toll will be heavy on the Palestinian
side, senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahhar said Saturday.

"We are only a few steps away from achieving a historic triumph which might
cost us a large number of our children. However, in the coming confrontation
with the Zionist entity, we will realize our ancestors' dream and return
history to the right track," Zahhar said

The Hamas official made the comments at a ceremony held to commemorate the
second anniversary of a massacre at the UN-controlled Al-Fakhoura school in
Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip.

The school was bombarded by Israeli forces during Operation Cast Lead, a
three-week offensive that began in December 2008.

The Hamas leader was optimistic that justice would be achieved for
Palestinians.

"In a few years only, you will see the world abandoning those who committed
crimes against humanity. The whole world around us realizes that it is a
compound crime as they want to divide Sudan, Iraq, and Egypt and plan to
divide the whole world,” Zahhar said.

Gaza's Interior Minister Fathi Hammad attended the commemoration along with
several Hamas leaders and lawmakers.

Abdullah Baroud, a child who was injured in the attack on Al-Fakhoura
school, delivered a speech describing how he and his friends had suffered.
He questioned why Israeli leaders who "committed crimes against innocent
Palestinian children were not punished for what they did."

A pupil of the school Bushra Dawood recited a poem describing how painful it
was for the students whose friends and classmates were killed in the
massacre.

Muhammad Abu Askra, who lost two sons and two brothers in the attack, spoke
on behalf of the victims’ families.

He maintained that Israeli leaders who were responsible for the school
massacre should be tried before international courts.

"How long will the world remain silent before Israeli crimes against the
people of the Gaza Strip? Why does the second anniversary go before those
criminals are put to justice?" he asked.