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Hamas chief says ready for ‘long war’ in Gaza

SpaceWar.com reports: “Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar said Monday the Palestinian group had ample resources to sustain its fight against Israel, with support from Iran-backed regional allies, nearly a year into the Gaza war.

Sinwar, who last month replaced slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, said in a letter to the group’s Yemeni allies that ‘we have prepared ourselves to fight a long battle of attrition’.

Deadly fighting meanwhile raged on in the Gaza Strip, where medics and rescuers said Israeli strikes on Monday — which the military has not commented on — killed at least two dozen people.

The latest strikes came as Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant warned that prospects for a halt in fighting with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon were dimming, yet again raising fears of a wider regional conflagration.

Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan told AFP at the weekend the group ‘has a high ability to continue’ fighting despite losses, noting ‘the recruitment of new generations’ to replace killed militants…”

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