As the world marks the 31st anniversary of the horrific Ibrahimi Mosque massacre, Hamas stands resolute, declaring that Israel’s relentless occupation will never shatter the unbreakable will of the Palestinian people or steal even a fragment of their sacred land.

In a powerful statement released Tuesday, Hamas honored the memory of the 29 Palestinian worshippers martyred in 1994 by extremist settler Baruch Goldstein—an atrocity carried out with the complicity of Israeli occupation forces—calling it a chilling testament to the Zionist regime’s savage and unyielding war against an indigenous people fighting for freedom.

“The Ibrahimi Mosque massacre remains a bleeding wound, a stark reminder of the genocidal policies Israel continues to inflict on Palestinians with impunity,” Hamas proclaimed. The group highlighted how this dark chapter aligns with today’s escalating atrocities, as Israeli forces intensify their aggression across the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem. “From annexation and forced displacement to the repeated desecration of the Aqsa Mosque, Israel tramples international law and human decency in its ruthless pursuit of ethnic cleansing and domination,” the statement read.

Hamas vowed that Israel’s insidious Judaization schemes and sprawling settlements—tools of dispossession in the West Bank and Jerusalem—will never succeed in breaking Palestinian spirits or erasing their deep-rooted history. “Our people stand defiant, their memory a living flame that neither forgets nor forgives the endless crimes of this colonial enemy,” the group asserted. Hamas pointed to the ongoing horrors in Gaza, where over 15 months of what it calls a genocidal assault have claimed countless lives, alongside the daily injustices choking the West Bank and Jerusalem, as proof of Israel’s unrelenting cruelty.

In a stirring call to action, Hamas urged the international community, the International Court of Justice, and the International Criminal Court to end their silence and hold Israel’s leaders accountable for a legacy of bloodshed and oppression that stretches across decades. “The world cannot turn away from Palestine’s cry for justice,” the group demanded, amplifying the resilience of a people who refuse to bow under occupation.

The Ibrahimi massacre, a slaughter etched into Palestinian consciousness, remains a rallying cry for resistance. On this somber anniversary, Hamas’s words resonate as both a tribute to the fallen and a pledge to carry forward the struggle for liberation. (ILKHA)

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