Arabic → English transcript

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to God,

who has increased me in honor through the martyrdom of my son Azzam,

may God have mercy on him,

following his three brothers who preceded him. In a treacherous incident,

his neighbor Hamza Al- Shorobasi was martyred with him, and many were wounded,

along with others. Yesterday, ten of our

Palestinian people were martyred in the Gaza Strip. This station in which we stand,

in the station of martyrdom,

as I bid farewell to my son today to Paradise, is but a long series

that comes within the Zionist enemy’s targeting of our people, our sons,

and our families. Therefore today

we can do nothing but praise God Almighty and bid farewell to our martyrs with

patience and steadfastness and resilience,

on the path of dignity and honor and achieving the goals of our people nationally,

by God Almighty’s permission.

May God’s mercy be upon all our martyrs, and Azzam and Hamza and all the martyrs,

they are part of this great torrent

that advances toward the liberation of Jerusalem,

and toward the liberation of Palestine, by God Almighty’s permission,

even if some people see it today as almost impossible. I mean the Zionist enemy

He is used to negotiating with Palestinians and non- Palestinians through fire.

Yesterday’s strike is an extension of the Zionist enemy’s targeting of the

negotiating delegation in Qatar last year, on September nine of last year.

And this strike comes in the same context. He wants to impose what he wants at the

negotiating table, but through fire. And we say we

negotiate in the name of our people and our resistance, in a way that achieves our

people’s goals.

So if the Zionist enemy thinks that by targeting leaders, or by targeting

leaders’ sons, or by targeting leaders’ families or

others, it can take from us what we do not want to give, and achieve through killing

and terror what it wants, I say this is a delusion,

and it is impossible for it to achieve that in these circumstances.

We belong to a nation and to a great people, steadfast, fighting and defending,

in pursuit of its legitimate political goal.

Therefore, if this arrow of his is meant to achieve that aim,

it has gone astray and will not reach its goal, God willing. We say very clearly,

We are the sons of this people,

and God has destined for us to be part of its leadership that speaks

in its name and negotiates on its behalf. The interest of our people is the

compass before us, it is the compass that guides us, and it is the compass we strive

to realize. Therefore, the interest of our people,

the achievement of its legitimate political goals,

and the achievement of stability and peace of mind for it,

and achieving what can make our people stand firm on their land,

and remain steadfast in their homeland, unshaken, that is the compass we look to.

Therefore, today we extend our greetings to our people, patient and persevering,

who have been bitten by pain for long years, but in the last two years that pain has

increased many times over. We say to our people, we are from you and for you,

your heartbeat is our heartbeat, your wounds pain us, your pains and your

hopes are our guiding light, God willing. And we are certain that

victory is the ally of our people, and that honor and dignity are our path,

and that this

pain will not last, and we will reach our goal by the will of God, the

Most Glorious, the Most High.

All appreciation to the sons of our people,

to the martyrs of our people, For our wounded, for our mothers, for our women,

for our children,

for our homes that were destroyed, for our farms that were razed,

for our resources that the occupation destroyed.

All of that, as long as it is for the sake of

the path of Palestine and Jerusalem,

and the pleasure of the Lord of all worlds, then this brings us closer to our

great goals, for which our people have lived for dozens of years, and we continue

on this path, God Almighty willing.