01-04-2025
Senior Hamas Official Urges Attacks On U.S., Israeli Interests Worldwide To Thwart Trump's Relocation Plan For Gazans: 'Spare No IED, Bullet, Knife, Or Stone'
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On March 30, 2025, the Palestinian Quds News Network published an X post citing a statement from senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri calling for attacks on Israeli and American interests in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's plan of "voluntary relocation" for Gazans.[1]
According to the post, Abu Zuhri claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent statements about Israel's intent to implement Trump's plan reveal an "American-Zionist scheme linked to the displacement project." During a government meeting that morning, Netanyahu declared that Israel would "enable the implementation of Trump's plan."[2]
Abu Zuhri asserted: "In the face of this diabolical plan, which combines massacres and starvation, everyone who can bear arms anywhere in the world must act. Do not spare an IED, a bullet, a knife, or a stone. Let everyone break their silence. We are all sinners if the interests of America and the Zionist occupation remain safe in light of the slaughter and starvation of Gaza."
On March 18, the Palestine Scholars Association (PSA), which is led by members of Hamas, urged Muslims to carry out "jihad operations" against Israeli and American interests around the world.[3] On the same day, Hamas called to besiege Israeli and U.S. embassies worldwide.[4]
