Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya has emerged from a period of silence to address a failed assassination attempt against him in Doha last month, speaking publicly for the first time in a pre-recorded interview aired on Al-Araby on Sunday morning.
The high-profile Qatari strike, which targeted senior Hamas figures, reportedly resulted in the death of al-Hayya's son and his chief of staff. During the interview, al-Hayya detailed the attack and the resulting casualties.
Al-Hayya struck a defiant and collective tone when discussing the loss of life, emphasizing that his personal grief was inseparable from the broader conflict.
“The pain of losing those close to me does not erase the killing and destruction in the Gaza Strip,” al-Hayya stated.
He further underscored this sentiment by declaring that he made no distinction between his own kin and other Palestinian casualties.
"I make no distinction between my sons and any Palestinian child killed by Israel," he asserted, according to the Al-Araby broadcast.
