Hamas to "continue Israeli armed struggle" on 1st anniversary of Gaza war

Palestinian militant Hamas says it will continue its armed struggle against Israel to mark the first anniversary of the Gaza war.

"There is no doubt that Israel is superior militarily, but it has not proven its full deterrent over the past year," Khaled Meshal, the former head of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, told Reuters in an exclusive interview released on July 7 local time.

Meshal recently called Israel's move of the war stage from Gaza to Lebanon "as part of preparations to attack Iran's nuclear program."

"The heroic 'flood of Al-Aqsa' battle has been going on for a year," Hamas said in a separate statement, calling October 7 a historic milestone in the Palestinian struggle.

He also compared Israel to the German Nazis and accused them of "continuing to commit heinous crimes and massacres throughout the year."