Gazan youth: "You will regret what you did" | Watch

Three years after the October 7 massacre, Moshe Aryeh, our Arab affairs correspondent, went live with a young man from Gaza and asked him whether there is there any regret? Has anything changed?

The answers he received were sharp and unambiguous.

"Of course we did October 7," the young Gazan answered when asked directly about responsibility for the massacre. From there, the conversation grew heated as the young man began describing the heavy price Gaza's residents have paid during the war.

"Our homes were destroyed and we lost everything we had," he said. "We lost dear and beloved people, our children, our brothers, our cousins, our neighbors and our family members."

But instead of remorse came an entirely different declaration. "These are sacrifices for Palestine," he said. "We give our lives and our blood for Palestine and for this land."

The young man clarified that he cannot represent all of Gaza's residents, but his words were clear and decisive. "Anyone who thinks we in Gaza are finished, no, we are not finished," he said. "On the contrary, G-d has placed strength in our hearts, given us patience, and with G-d's help we will prevail in the end."

When asked about nearly 80 years of talk about "liberating Palestine" and what has been achieved after October 7, the young man was unconvinced. "History repeats itself," he replied. According to him, even after three years of war, the path has not changed. "We confronted you with our bodies and with stones," he said.

At this point the conversation shifted from Gaza to the entire Middle East. The young man claimed that the struggle against Israel will not remain only Palestinian. "It is not only us who will rise up and fight," he said. "Victory and liberation, G-d knows, will come from the lands of al-Sham. And from which place and who will be in this confrontation, G-d knows."

Then came a more direct threat: "The end of this entity is near, very near."

Even when speaking about the difficult situation in Gaza, he did not back down. "For three years now, every day we go through this," he said. "We suffer, we see the pain and we taste death." But immediately afterward he added: "G-d is with us and G-d protects us."

And then came another sentence: "The day will come when you will regret what you did to us in Gaza."

As the conversation progressed, the words became sharper. He spoke of his willingness and that of others in Gaza, according to him, to continue the struggle even after the heavy price. "By G-d, by G-d, by G-d," he said, "even if all the people of Gaza lose their lives, we will defend our land that was stolen from us by force."

Later he returned again to his hope for the "liberation" of the land and said: "The day that was promised to us will come, with G-d's help. This land will be liberated."

He accused Israel of what was done in the Strip during the war and said: "You responded to us and destroyed the stone, the trees and the people. You left no one safe in his home." He added: "You committed against us the most terrible crimes."

Toward the end of the conversation he moved to speak of an accounting that, according to him, is yet to come. "A day will come when we will stand before G-d," he said. "With our Master in Heaven there is justice." He continued: "Injustice is darkness and injustice never lasts forever. Everyone who has a right against another will receive it. You will be judged before G-d."

And again he repeated the same sentence: "The end of this entity is near, very near."

Three years after October 7, after the destruction in Gaza, after the losses and after everything that has changed in the Middle East - has anything in his worldview changed? At least from this conversation, the answer was clear: no.

He ended the conversation by repeating again his hope for future victory: "Anyone who thinks we in Gaza are finished: no, we are not finished. On the contrary. G-d has placed strength in our hearts and patience, and with G-d's help we will prevail in the end."

And then came his final sentence: "This day is yours, tomorrow is ours. Goodbye."

Sometimes you don't need long speeches or complicated explanations about the Middle East. Sometimes you just need to know Arabic, open your ears and listen to what they are telling us to our faces.