OPINION (BIN) – Just two days after the alliance of terrorist groups in Gaza called for a ceasefire, the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad called the 700 rockets fired at Israel a “live-fire drill” meant to prepare for a war against Israel in which they will focus on killing as many Israeli civilians as possible. “The last escalation was only a live-fire drill in preparation for the major campaign that is coming,” PIJ’s Secretary-General Ziad al-Nakhalehr said during an interview on Tuesday with the Lebanese al-
Mayadeen news outlet that is affiliated with the terrorist group, Hezbollah. In the interview, Al-Nakhalehr stated explicitly that it was the terror groups in Gaza who had initiated the hostilities and not Israel. “We decided to fire at an IDF officer and a female soldier last Friday in cooperation with Hamas to respond to the killing of protesters at the March of Return,” Al-Nakhaleh said, according to Channel 13 news. “This was decided while we were in Cairo. The Egyptians didn’t like the fact that this happened while we were in Cairo. READ MORE
