This is a message to the world, the Palestinian people in Gaza Strip
are upset with the siege for 12 years and they say 'enough'.
And the international community has to push on the occupational
(Israeli) State to stop and end this siege in every way.
We are in the midst of a campaign against terror in Gaza.
It entails an exchange of blows; it will not end in one strike.
Our demand is clear ― a complete ceasefire.
We will not suffice with less than this. As of now, we have destroyed
hundreds of Hamas military targets, and in each round the IDF exacts
an additional heavy price. I will not reveal here our
operational plans, they are ready. Our objective is to restore the quiet
to residents of the south and the area adjacent to
the Gaza Strip; this goal will be achieved in full.
Our main tasks as the National Army are to protect the borders and to
defend the people and the goals of the revolution
we all went out to achieve. These are our main goals
as the National Army. We are moving from one phase
to another and we are at the beginning. We face many
difficulties, but we are working to overcome them.
Of course, there will be obstacles ahead of us, but in the end,
we will keep moving forward and will continue the formation
of this army in an appropriate and civilized manner.
We have to face the (Syrian) regime, who are the head of the terrorists,
or our (other) enemies. The regime is at our borders,
the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) and Daesh (Islamic State) were
also at our borders, so we need a force large enough to
enable us to defend ourselves from these three enemies.
(They said) release the pastor until Wednesday (August 8)
at 1800 PM (1500 GMT). If we did not release him,
they said they would sanction us.
I want them to know that we will not surrender.
We will keep producing and we will keep increasing exports.