initially, ghazi hamad denied the atrocities hamas had committed in israel on october 7th, killing babiesmassacre they did at the re�*im festival. afterwards, he stopped denying it and legitimised it and said they would do it over and over again, and israel had to be annihilated. ijust met with a norwegian journalist who met ghazi hamad last week in beirut, and he was stilljustifying everything that was done and said israel needed to be annihilated. so, things have changed. gershon baskin. director of middle east operations for the international communities organisations. talking about the difficult and delicate process over a number of weeks to secure the release of some of those hostages. and here in tel aviv, you can really see how much of a part of the israeli consciousness this has been. you can see behind me in hostages plaza, the square outside the tel aviv museum of art, you can see this long a shabbat table being laid with an empty space for every hostage. you can see some of those places for children. and it is women and children that we expect to see released under this deal, a

to suffer under the watchful eye of international community, according to senior hamas official, ghazi hamadtion, people are resorting to seawater, you know to to drink, they're using polluted water, and according to the world health organization, many diseases will will take place in gaza because of the use of unclean water, as people here have no desalination plants that are working because of of power power outages and also the uh sewages is is is being is untreated as being dumped directly into the mediterranean polluting the mediterranean sea and also uh killing the marine life in in the gaza strip we all know gaza is a coastal area and it's full of fresh fish now all that water is polluted because for for one month now almost one month more than one month now uh rose sewage has been uh go uh dumped through into the mediterranean, you know, not through pumping station, but through uh uh gravity heading to towards the mediterranean sea, also we have huge pollution by the israeli bombing of almost every every inch of ghaza since october 7th, israel's been using internationally banned weap

. >> yes, this was ghazi hamad , >> yes, this was ghazi hamad, who was giving a televised interview anduite boldly saying that he would and hamas would continue to attack israel. there would be more in the way of october 7th type of attacks , of october 7th type of attacks, blaming israel for all the wrongs that the palestinian people have suffered and saying that there can be no peace for the palestinian people without the palestinian people without the destruction of israel. so we heard it from his own words. a senior palestinian leader there clearly not looking for any kind of ceasefire with israel , but of ceasefire with israel, but determined to continue that struggle, that fight, that terrorism that we saw on october the 7th. so given that israel will argue that they have no choice but to continue to prosecute the war, to go in and to destroy hamas, and in terms of that war, nigel, it is very indeed and fierce fighting right throughout north gaza today . we throughout north gaza today. we got word of a 16th israeli soldier who had been killed dunng soldier who had been killed duri

. >> yes, this was ghazi hamad , >> yes, this was ghazi hamad, who was giving a televised interview anduite boldly saying that he would and hamas would continue to attack israel. there would be more in the way of october 7th type of attacks , of october 7th type of attacks, blaming israel for all the wrongs that the palestinian people have suffered and saying that there can be no peace for the palestinian people without the palestinian people without the destruction of israel. so we heard it from his own words. a senior palestinian leader there clearly not looking for any kind of ceasefire with israel , but of ceasefire with israel, but determined to continue that struggle, that fight, that terrorism that we saw on october the 7th. so given that israel will argue that they have no choice but to continue to prosecute the war, to go in and to destroy hamas, and in terms of that war, nigel, it is very indeed and fierce fighting right throughout north gaza today . we throughout north gaza today. we got word of a 16th israeli soldier who had been killed dunng soldier who had been killed duri

i'm interested — you will have seen, just as i did — that a few days ago, ghazi hamad, a very importantas in lebanon, he said this, referring to october 7 and what hamas calls the "al—aqsa flood" operation. he said, "that was just the first. "we know we're going to have to pay a price. "we're ready to pay it. we are a nation of martyrs. "we're proud to sacrifice martyrs." he said, "we are the victims of occupation "and, therefore, nobody can blame us for the things we do, "whether it be october 7, october 10 "or october one million. "everything we do is justified." what do you... you're not hamas. what do you make of statements like that made many days after the barbaric acts we saw on october 7? stephen, you know me. you know me as an advocate of nonviolence. i believe that nonviolence is the best way of achieving our goals. but i believe in our right to resist and struggle for our rights to be free from occupation, to be free from the system of apartheid. this history... but with respect, this is not resistance. iam responding... this is war crimes. this is... if you allow me to conti

another hamas official ghazi hamad said that israel's ground invasion of the gaza strip is only failing. regarding the the ground invasion, i can confirm with high confidence that the occupation forces suffered from major failure and suffered heavy losses in and soldiers in insuligers and tanks. alkassan brigades and the resistance factions continue to resist and to stop the ocupational forces in the ground and they succeeded inflicting. damage and losses on the occupation forces. gaza will remain a thorn in the throat of the occupation, and we will continue to fight against the occupation. they could not, he said that israele regime will definitely make no political, military or security achievements on the ground when confronting the resistance fighters. ham out targeting innocent civilians including women and children proves the regime's failure and achieving its objectives. he also reiterated that the... us and israel's western allies are complicit in the massacre of women and children. the hamas official said the western camp seeks its own goals in the region, but nothing can chang

sacrification. i think that as again and again that victory is very soon. inshallah, indeed, dr. ghazi hamad, member of the hamas political burea, thank you very much for your time and for your contribution to our so to our show right here at press, may the resistance inshallah prevail in this liberation movement and liberation fight against the zionist entity, ladies and gents, thank you very much for watching press tv in this very special and exclusive interview with dr. razi hamad, the member of the hamas political bureau. thank you for watching. we'll see you again soon. your top stories here on press tv, israel continues indiscriminate strikes in the besieg gaz trip for 28th day targeting more civilian infrastructure, including four school shelters. "un rights experts w of looming humanitarian catastrophe in gaza saying time is running out to prevent a genocide and a blockated territory and continue throughout the world, protesters accused israel of committing gene.

this is the same ghazi hamad two days ago gave very compelling interviews to arabic audiences about theirnnihilate israel and kill all the jews and to do october 7 over and over and over again. >> martha: that's right. >> let's not be confused with what he says in nicer words in english. this is a rotten and vile terrorist, part of a rotten organization. i think our actions will speak instead of words. our actions on the ground are steady, methodical progress. we're making good progress according to our plan on the ground where there's tactical engagements between us and hamas. we beat them. we have already killed hundreds of hamas operatives. we have taken several strong holds in locations and as the war continues, we will -- i don't think we'll have to say so much but the actions on the ground will be speaking for us. and the days of that has terrorist and all of the others are counted. we will -- there will be a reckoning for the atrocities of october 7 and we will make sure that that will never happen again from gaza. >> martha: when you talk about encircling gaza and we have seen you

this is hamas official ghazi hamad , is hamas official ghazi hamad, who says we will repeat the october attack time and again until israel is annihilated. we are victims. everything we do is justified . everything we do is justified. what a charming man i'll assume that includes beheading babies . that includes beheading babies. now, lineker does not support hamas. of course not. his supporters would argue that he's worried, as we all are, about the horrific carnage playing out in gaza. as we speak. men women and children dying, in gaza. as we speak. men women and children dying , hospitals and children dying, hospitals overflowing . it's a humanitarian overflowing. it's a humanitarian disaster for lineker is right to point this out. and he's right to be horrified . but this to be horrified. but this carnage is not by accident, but it's by design . this is the it's by design. this is the military strategy of hamas to weaponize human souls. hamas blocked roads to stop people in gaza heading south, and they deliberately place innocent people , including children, in people, including chil

this is hamas official ghazi hamad , is hamas official ghazi hamad, who says we will repeat the october attack time and again until israel is annihilated. we are victims. everything we do is justified . everything we do is justified. what a charming man i'll assume that includes beheading babies . that includes beheading babies. now, lineker does not support hamas. of course not. his supporters would argue that he's worried, as we all are, about the horrific carnage playing out in gaza. as we speak. men women and children dying, in gaza. as we speak. men women and children dying , hospitals and children dying, hospitals overflowing . it's a humanitarian overflowing. it's a humanitarian disaster for lineker is right to point this out. and he's right to be horrified . but this to be horrified. but this carnage is not by accident, but it's by design . this is the it's by design. this is the military strategy of hamas to weaponize human souls. hamas blocked roads to stop people in gaza heading south, and they deliberately place innocent people , including children, in people, including chil

this is one of the leaders of hamas, ghazi hamad. take listen to this. >> israel salah al—din here, october. october, carissa omnia ascari. al arabiya, al islamiya and tantawi . al aqsa dan wootton la tantawi. al aqsa dan wootton la ola, dana black , taqi ad—din ola, dana black, taqi ad—din shuhada. >> right. so that was an interview on october the 24th. if you're listening on the radio, you wouldn't have seen those subtitles. i'll summarise as he's saying that hamas is basically dedicated to the annihilation of he feels annihilation of israel. he feels that fully that the attacks are fully justified. are committed justified. they are committed basically to attacking israel , basically to attacking israel, using force if needed to. they mentioned that actually this october the 7th thing was the first thing they could potentially be a second and a third and all the rest of it. they want to end the occupation on palestinian lands, not on all palestinian lands, not just gaza. and they believe the existence israel is existence of israel is illogical. so i mean, that's what we're dealing with he

one ghazi hamad , who leaders., that after the 7th of october, that wouldn't be an end to it as far as hamas is concerned. they want to carry out many more strikes like that against israel. they're not after a ceasefire. they want to drive israel into the sea, obliterate israel into the sea, obliterate israel from the map. and i think that tells israeli people and certainly the politicians and the military are all they need to know about the sort of justification for the war, because there reasoning is if we don't take out hamas, this terrorist organisation nation, it will just regroup and it will strike again. it's done it in the past and it will continue to do it. and even as this war is waging, it continues to lob these rockets into civilian areas many times a day . areas many times a day. >> mark, thank you very much. that's mark wyatt , >> mark, thank you very much. that's mark wyatt, our home and security editor, live in tel aviv for us. mark, please do stay safe right now, coming back to the uk , protesters

it's worth noting as well that hamas official ghazi hamad has gone on television and said , has goneid, and we will repeat the october 7th attack time and again until israel is annihilated . we are israel is annihilated. we are victims. everything we do is justified. and we have people ready to be martyrs. so i wonder whether or not that clears up for some people all about the need to annihilate hamas . but need to annihilate hamas. but closer to home here now, we have seen police officers tearing down posters for missing jewish children and other people as well , adults, jewish adults. and well, adults, jewish adults. and we've also seen not a lot being done about 100 or so more people sitting in and protesting in liverpool street station in london. liverpool street station is of particular significance , is of particular significance, which i refuse to believe went unnoficed which i refuse to believe went unnoticed by the people who were doing this was that it was the arrival site of the kindertransport , which was a kindertransport, which was a scene where a load of jewish refugees

so israel point to a statement made by ghazi hamad, who is a senior hamas leader , who is a senior hamast israel. and he he warned that there will be more october sevenths that that is hamas's stated goal, which is to wipe israel off the face of the earth. and they will not rest as a group until they have achieved that aim. so israel looks at that aim. so israel looks at that as all the evidence they ever needed to continue with this ground campaign because of course, understandable . there's course, understandable. there's so much concern for all the hundreds of thousands of people caught up in this. but israel say we stop now. all we do is we allow hamas to regroup. they feel embolden and they just target our civilian communities. again that's why they're pushing on with the destruction that you're seeing there. until they reach the stated goal , if they reach the stated goal, if they ever get to it, of destroying hamas or at least degrading it to such an extent that it no longer poses a threat to the israeli population . israeli population. >> ian and as we look at the images, we see,