Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas spokesman, August 2014

Date
Aug. 2014
Name of Author
Sami Abu Zuhri
Body

“We did not start this war. It was imposed on us. We will defend ourselves as long as the Israeli occupation chooses to fight us.” Amelia Smith, “Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri on Israel's targeted assassinations, lifting the siege on Gaza and Egypt's role in the crisis,” Middle East Monitor, August 11, 201, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/resources/interviews/13395-hamas-spokesperson-sami-abu-zuhri-on-israels-targeted-assassinations-lifting-the-siege-on-gaza-and-egypts-role-in-the-crisis.

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