In an interview with Lebanese Mayadeen TV last week, Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad Al-Nakhaleh said the terrorist group had demonstrated only a portion of its “power and determination” in its armed conflict with Israel earlier in May. He went on to say that his organization had “sufficient capabilities for a prolonged confrontation.”

Referring to the events of May 3-6, he said “these past few days were only a live-fire exercise for the resistance,” adding that he is certain that “a greater battle with the Zionist enemy is yet to come.”…

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He added that during the first day of fighting there was no communication with the Egyptians and that the Egyptians “were not pleased that this confrontation broke out” while the PIJ and Hamas delegations were still in Cairo.

Al-Nakhaleh thanked Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar for his cooperation during the conflict, adding that they had agreed to join forces from the start. Al-Nakhaleh said his organization has “the will, the power and the courage to target the Israeli cities surrounding Gaza, and that “it was only hours before we would have bombed Tel Aviv.”

Ziyad Al-Nakhaleh: What the resistance has demonstrated in this war—and I do not want to exaggerate—is only a portion of its power and determination in confronting this aggression. The resistance has sufficient capabilities for a prolonged confrontation….

(Excerpted from Jewish News Syndicate)