Here's my transcript; please let me know if there are any errors and also if you can make out what's being said in the two places where I have question marks.
Transcript (part 1)
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, press conference on Al-Aqsa Flood operation.
Over 75 years, our Palestinian people have been eager to freedom and self-determination. This genuine right was obstructed by the Israeli occupation and the failure of the international community to stand by their obligation to implement the many UN resolutions that guaranteed the Palestinian national rights. Based on this, no one can deny the right of any people under the occupation to resist their occupiers by all available means, including armed resistance. Here in the Palestinian context, we are speaking about a 75-year-old occupation that neglected and ignored all political and legal means to settle the conflict, where the Israeli enemy continued their policy of denial of the Palestinian people's existence and their international rights.
We have repeatedly warned during the past few months and years that the situation on the ground was not sustainable and that the explosion was about a matter of time.
And we have warned repeatedly from the Israeli continued violations in Al-Aqsa Mosque and their attempt to change its status quo in an apparent plan to divide the Holy Mosque spatially and temporally.
We have also warned from the state terrorism implemented by the fascist settlers across the occupied West Bank.
We have warned from the forceful expulsion of our people from Jerusalem.
We have also warned from the systematic crimes against our prisoners, including women and children in Israeli jails.
And lastly, we have warned from the Israeli siege imposed on Gaza for more than 17 years, which is a war crime that turned Gaza to the biggest open-air prison on earth where a whole generation has lost all kinds of hopes.
But unfortunately, no one listened to these warnings, and the international community, especially the Western countries, continued to give Israel the cover at all levels to continue committing its crimes. Based on that, we confirmed the following:
First, Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was a supremely defensive act.
Second, the decision to launch the military operation was entirely Palestinian.
Third, the operation targeted only Israeli military bases and compounds that were suffocating the people of Gaza for more than 17 years.
Fourth, we here would like to stress that there were clear instructions from the top commander of Al-Qassam Brigades to avoid targeting civilians or killing them, and many released videos showed how Al-Qassam fighters were keen to avoid harming civilians.
Fifth, as a result of the swift collapse of the Israeli military bases and the surrender of the Israeli soldiers, chaos prevailed in the scene where civilians found themselves in the middle of the confrontations.
Sixth, as for the reaction of the Western countries towards our defensive act and the Israeli criminal response, we condemned the unethical bias by the Western governments, mainly the U.S., where they were only seeking to demonize the Palestinian people and their struggle for freedom and dignity.
Seventh, we clearly condemn the reports we have received that certain Western countries are dispatching military support to the Israeli occupation. Those countries are taking part in the Israeli aggression and killing of our people instead of seeking a resolution or contributing to ending the longest ever occupation in modern history.
Eighth, for the captives and prisoners held by the resistance, we confirm here and make it clear we are fully committed to treat them in accordance with our religious values and the rules of international humanitarian law. But in the same time, we are really worried that as the Israeli aggression is everywhere in Gaza, they might be the victims to the Israeli army bombardment like our people. We all know that the Israeli military allows the Israeli army to target captives and their captors even if it leads to kill them, which is named the Hannibal Doctrine.
Ninth, we also confirm that the [file? @5:17] of prisoners and captors will not be open as long as the Israeli aggression on Gaza continues.
Tenth, on the Israeli allegations of killing civilians and beheading of babies, which were unethically and unprofessionally adopted by many Western media outlets, this is completely shame that these media outlets follow such lies and Israeli propaganda without making simple efforts to check the reality of these allegations. We firmly deny these allegations and as we reject this media bias, we call on the media agencies to abide by the journalism code of ethics.
Eleventh, in connection to this bias, we totally reject the racist speech by US President Joe Biden who adopted crystal clear lies against our resistance and who blindly followed the Israeli allegations and propaganda that were refuted even by many US media.
Finally, I conclude by saying again that the Palestinian people have full right to fight back until ending the Israeli occupation where we will continue to do so until reclaiming our national goals and rights.
We call upon the governments and peoples all over the world to help us against such brutal
and fascist occupation.
We call on all the free people around the world to shoulder their moral responsibilities towards the Palestinian just cause and also we urge the international community to take immediate actions toward ending this Israeli aggression and to ensure reopening of the crossing in order to allow the entry of all basics and humanitarian materials into the Gaza Strip. Thank you very much.
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