Hamas Leader Abroad Khaled Mash'al: Our Tunnels And Weapons Are Still Intact; We Can Maneuver And Fire Rockets; We Follow The Example Of The Prophet, Who Preached The Conquest Of Byzantium Even As He Was Besieged In Medina; I Advise Western Leaders To Consider The Phase After Israel, Not After Hamas
In a video address to a conference of the International Islamic Forum of Parliamentarians, held on November 24, 2023, during the current ceasefire in Gaza, Hamas' leader abroad Khaled Mash'al said that his movement's October 7 attack had shown Israel to be "as weak as cobwebs" and had defeated Israel on the psychological, military and intelligence levels.