Press Release
New Massacres and another Cynical Mockery in the Record of Muslim Armies!
(Translated)

The Jewish entity committed a new massacre in the southern Gaza Strip, this time in the Mawasi area west of Khan Younis, which the occupying army had previously classified as a safe area. This massacre resulted in over 350 martyrs and injured. Additionally, another massacre took place in a mosque in Al-Shati’ Camp, claiming 17 martyrs. The bodies of the martyrs and the injured are scattered on the roads due to a fire belt imposed by the Jewish entity targeting the tents of the displaced. The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced in a statement on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at 1:00 PM that the toll of the horrific massacre committed by the occupation against the residents and displaced in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis governorate reached more than 71 martyrs and 289 injuries so far, including critical injuries. The number of martyrs is increasing and could reach one hundred as the bodies continue to be brought to hospitals. One of the airstrikes targeted a civil defense crew attempting to rescue victims, resulting in casualties among them.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of the Jewish entity, Benjamin Netanyahu, in a press conference, praised what he described as the Mawasi Operation after presenting it to the Shin Bet, claiming that he knew there were no hostages in the vicinity of the airstrike site. He alleged that the strike aimed to eliminate Palestinian leaders, ignoring the innocent, unarmed civilians who perished in these massacres. Does the blood of officers in Egypt and Jordan not boil!?

The Jewish entity fails to achieve its goals of eradicating the resistance, having become deeply embroiled in this war and unable to withdraw or stop the fighters. It draws its strength from international support and the complicity of neighboring countries and other guardians in Muslim lands. This entity has granted itself the legitimacy to exterminate our people in the Blessed Land without batting an eye or considering anyone, intensifying the killing of Muslims in Gaza and the West Bank with unprecedented brutality and savagery surpassing even that of wild animals. It mercilessly exterminates the young and old, women and children, targeting any living being, and deliberately bombs gatherings, shelters, hospitals, and civil defense points, intentionally preventing any means of life or even aiding those who remain steadfast.

The Jews isolate the Gaza Strip and its people in a shameful and humiliating manner; a fragile, weak, and cowardly army about whom the Lord of Glory said:

[لا يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ جَمِيعاً إِلَّا فِي قُرًى مُحَصَّنَةٍ أَوْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ جُدُرٍ بَأْسُهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ شَدِيدٌ تَحْسَبُهُمْ جَمِيعاً وَقُلُوبُهُمْ شَتَّى ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ]

“They will not fight you all except within fortified cities or from behind walls. Their violence among themselves is severe. You think they are together, but their hearts are diverse. That is because they are a people who do not reason.” [Al-Hashr:14]. These people are the most covetous of life. Imagine, O Muslims, that the lowliest of people are intensifying the starvation and extermination of the Muslims in Gaza with massacre after massacre, and cutting off all means of life for them. And all this happens to a small piece of land in the heart of the Muslim lands! The Ummah that the Messenger of Allah (saw) described as one body, where if one part complains, the rest of the body responds with sleeplessness and fever.

[وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَالْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ الظَّالِمِ أَهْلُهَا وَاجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيّاً وَاجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ نَصِيراً]

“And what is [the matter] with you that you fight not in the cause of Allah and [for] the oppressed among men, women, and children who say, "Our Lord, take us out of this city of oppressive people and appoint for us from Yourself a protector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper?"” [An-Nisa:75]. So where is your response, O Ummah of Islam, for this part of the body of the Ummah? Have you run out of weapons and men? Where are the scholars, the leaders, and the influential ones? Where are you to come out and drag your armies to force them to support our brothers? Do you not read the biography of Al-Izz ibn Abd al-Salam? How long will you remain silent, O armies of the Muslims, while Gaza is being exterminated and the Jews continue in their tyranny, dreaming of a Jewish state in the Blessed Land? What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for the people of Palestine to be exterminated and to see the Jewish flags fluttering over Al-Aqsa Mosque or for their hands to reach the surroundings of Palestine?!

[وَإِنْ تَتَوَلَّوْا يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْماً غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوا أَمْثَالَكُمْ]

“And if you turn away, He will replace you with another people; then they will not be the likes of you” [Muhammad:38].

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