[image: Mousa Abu Marzouk, a top Hamas official, says he now regrets endorsing the brutal Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel after witnessing the destruction of Gaza under the Jewish state’s retaliation.]
A top Hamas official says he now regrets endorsing the horrific Oct. 7 terrorist attack <nypost.com/2025/01/16/world-news/hamas-official-praised-oct-7-attack-after-cease-fire-deal-struck/>on Israel after witnessing the destruction of Gaza when the Jewish state retaliated.
Mousa Abu Marzouk <nypost.com/2024/07/31/world-news/the-hamas-leaders-who-rule-gaza-after-ismail-haniyehs-assassination/>, head of Hamas’s foreign-relations office in Qatar, said that if he knew what the consequences would have been from the terror attack — including the deaths of thousands of Palestinians and the destruction of nearly all buildings in Gaza — he would have never supported the assault in 2023.
“If it was expected that what happened would happen, there wouldn’t have been Oct. 7,” Marzouk, 74, told the New York Times. <www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/world/middleeast/hamas-official-interview-attack-israel.html> \
Marzouk’s comments mark a rare condemnation of the terror attack from within the group, suggesting a split within Hamas over the Gaza war.
More than 48,000 Palestinians have died in the conflict so far, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, which does not differentiate between civilians and terrorists.
A top Hamas official says he now regrets endorsing the horrific Oct. 7 terrorist attack <nypost.com/2025/01/16/world-news/hamas-official-praised-oct-7-attack-after-cease-fire-deal-struck/>on Israel after witnessing the destruction of Gaza when the Jewish state retaliated.
Mousa Abu Marzouk <nypost.com/2024/07/31/world-news/the-hamas-leaders-who-rule-gaza-after-ismail-haniyehs-assassination/>, head of Hamas’s foreign-relations office in Qatar, said that if he knew what the consequences would have been from the terror attack — including the deaths of thousands of Palestinians and the destruction of nearly all buildings in Gaza — he would have never supported the assault in 2023.
“If it was expected that what happened would happen, there wouldn’t have been Oct. 7,” Marzouk, 74, told the New York Times. <www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/world/middleeast/hamas-official-interview-attack-israel.html> \
Marzouk’s comments mark a rare condemnation of the terror attack from within the group, suggesting a split within Hamas over the Gaza war.
More than 48,000 Palestinians have died in the conflict so far, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, which does not differentiate between civilians and terrorists.