Tehran, IRNA-The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas has called the assassination of its leaders and their family members by the Zionist regime a cowardly and terroristic act, saying it shows the desperation of the enemy’s failure on the battlefield.

According to a statement quoted by the Palestinian Sama news agency, the movement said that such a crime will not break the determination of the Palestinian nation to continue their resistance to drive out the occupiers and fulfill their demands.

The enemy thinks that the brutal bombings of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip are a bargaining chip during the negotiations after the shameful failure to achieve its goals, the statement said adding that these false notions will lead them nowhere because sacrifices will not go in vain rather make the Palestinian nation and the resistance against the enemy more zealous.

The statement followed a report that three children and three grandchildren of Ismail Haniyeh, the political bureau chief of Hamas have been martyred in the Zionist regime's attack on western Gaza on the Wednesday evening.

The Hamas chief himself has confirmed the news of the martyrdom of his three sons namely Hazem, Amir and Mohammed, along with the three grandsons in the Zionist regime's strike on a car in the Al-Shati area of Gaza.

Haniyeh also informed about the martyrdom of 60 members of his family so far but said their blood is not different from other martyrs of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza.

With this pain and blood, we are creating hope, future and freedom for our people, the Hamas chief said.

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