Al-Qassam Brigades hold military parade in Gaza Strip

GAZA, May 28 (YPA) – Members of the Ezz-Al Din Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, on Thursday held a military parade in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

This is the second of its kind, a week after the end of Israel’s aggression against Gaza .

The parade was part of a festival to honor the martyrs’ families who were killed during Israel’s 11-day aggression against the Gaza Strip and to celebrate the “victory of the Palestinian resistance”.

Hundreds of masked Al-Qassam fighters roamed the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, carrying various types of weapons, including anti-tank missiles, heavy machine guns and sniper rifles.

The parade saw trucks carrying large-scale rockets, used by the brigades to bomb Israeli cities, during the recent Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip.

On the sidelines of the festival, a military activist named “Abu Anas” said “the brigades are participating in the victory (against Israel) in which Al-Qassam Brigades gave the finest of their leaders.”

“We will continue the path of jihad and get prepared for any future battle,” he added

He explained that the Palestinian resistance “will remain on its own, and that any violation against our people and our holy places is a red line, and the response will remain present if the aggression continues.”

“Our commitment to a ceasefire depends on the  enemy’s commitment,” said Khaled al-Batsh, a leader of the Islamic Jihad movement, during his speech on behalf of Palestinian resistance factions.

“The last battle with the occupation was established for the next phase of liberation, and marked an important turning point in the history of the conflict with the occupation entity (Israel),” he explained.

E.M