Video caption, Hamas Deputy Leader Khalil Al-Hayya. BBC interview October 1, 2024 – an hour before Iran attacked Israel with ballistic missiles.
Why did Hamas attack Israel on October 7, 2023? BBC asks direct questions to Hamas deputy leader
October 8, 2024
Khalil al-Hayya, the deputy leader of Hamas, in an interview with BBC editor Jeremy Bowen denied claims that Hamas militants deliberately targeted civilians during the attacks on October 7 last year. About 1,200 people, mostly Israeli civilians, were killed and more than 250 were taken hostage and taken to the Gaza Strip.
Hamas is designated a terrorist organization by the UK and other countries.
Al-Hayya said the attacks on October 7 last year were necessary to put the creation of a Palestinian state back on the world agenda. Without this, he said, the cycle of violence in the Middle East will not end.
Asked whether he regretted the Hamas attack on Israel, which led to the death of more than 40,000 Gazans in Israeli attacks, he said the root of violence and killings in the Middle East was the Israeli occupation of lands that Palestinians claim as theirs.
Al-Hayya is the second most senior man in Hamas after leader Yahya Sinwar, who is likely in Gaza. The interview took place in Doha, where most of Hamas’s political leadership is located.
About an hour after the interview was recorded, Iran attacked Israel with ballistic missiles.
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