Democratically-elected Prime Minister Ismael Haniya on Monday saluted the “legendary steadfastness” of the people of Gaza in the face of the  17-day Nazi-like Israeli onslaught against the coastal enclave  which has  killed and maimed thousands of Palestinians, mostly innocent civilians, and wreaked rampant havoc and destruction.

Speaking on the al-Aqsa satellite TV, Haniya said the Palestinian blood spilled by the “criminals” would not go in vain.

“This blood, this pain, will deliver the Palestinian people and the Arab-Muslim Umma (community) from this state of affair. It will be a turning point leading up to new horizons of dignity and freedom for our people.”

Haniya  described  the steadfastness, resilience and fortitude of the people of Gaza as “unprecedented in the annals of history.”

He pointed out that the people of Gaza were still standing tall despite the earth-shaking calamities that befell them, saying that God was enabling the people of Gaza to withstand the genocidal Israeli onslaught.

He  recited heavily from the Holy Quran, reminding viewers that the people of Gaza would at the end regain their freedom and retain their dignity.

The elected Palestinian premier also made analogies between the early life of the Prophet Muhammed, especially the wars waged on him and his companions by the idolaters, and the current situation in Gaza.

“If God is with us,  we have nothing to fear. Israel is not greater or stronger than God.”

Haniya pointed out that Israel was carrying out genocidal massacres throughout Gaza for the purpose of subjugating and humiliating its people and imposing surrender on the Palestinian people.

“They have murdered over 450 children and they have maimed thousands. They thought they would break our will, but, nay, they never will be able to subjugate us.

“Remember my brothers and sisters, victory comes with patience.

“verily with hardship comes ease,” said Haniya, quoting from the Holy Quran.

He said the huge amount of blood spilled by the Judeo Nazis “will be an eternal curse that will haunt ‘these criminals’ wherever they go.”

The Palestinian Prime Minister said he was confronting the Israeli holocaust against Gaza on two fronts:

First, the diplomatic front, saying that Hamas was  dealing positively  with any genuine effort aimed at stopping the Zionist blitzkrieg.

Second,  steadfastness in the face of the aggression.

Haniya saluted the freedom fighters, saying that they displayed a heroism unmatched in recent  history.

Haniya said Palestinians in Gaza would keep up the resistance until victory.

“Gaza shall not fall, Gaza shall not fall, Gaza shall not fall.”