Scores of Palestinian citizens on Thursday evening participated in a sit-in staged in solidarity with Ahmed al-Ghandour a commander of al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas after he was added to the US department of state’s terror list.
The sit-in took place outside the house of Ghandour north of Gaza where the participants carried pictures of the commander and placards condemning the US decision and defending the Palestinian people’s right to resist the Israeli occupation.
Some of the banners defended al-Qassam Brigades and described it as “the honor of the nation” and one questioned “How can defending our land and holy sites be terrorism?”
Member of Hamas’s political bureau Fathi Hammad who was added to the same list in September 2016 also joined the rally outside the house.
In a speech senior Hamas official Mushir al-Masri stressed that such US decision would not intimidate his Movement and its leaders and dissuade them from their legitimate resistance of the occupation affirming that terrorism is committed by Israel.
