Mishaal: This war has been imposed on us, resistance infrastructure intact

DAMASCUS, (PIC)-- The head of the Hamas political bureau, Khalid Mishaal said, in a televised speech on Friday, that the resistance infrastructure in the Gaza Strip is still intact and warned the IOF of the consequences of a ground invasion. After greeting the people of Gaza and the resistance fighters there, he greeted the people of the West Bank and the 1948 areas for the moral support they have shown to their compatriots in the Gaza Strip, and thanked the Arab and Muslim people and free people around the world who demonstrated in support of the Gaza people in the face of the Israeli onslaught. He said that the enemy counted on their surprise attack to engender "shock and awe", but the surprise was that the Gaza Strip withstood the shock. He added that it was true that the enemy managed to destroy the civil infrastructure, but "I assure you that the military infrastructure is fine and that's why the Zionists resorted to dropping leaflets on Gaza asking the people to direct them to rocket launchers." To Zionist leaders who thought that the blood of Gazans is the shortest way to political power he said: "You have made a mistake, the blood of Gazans is the shortest way for your failure and ending your political careers." "Our capabilities are modest, but our will is not, our faith is not. This war has been imposed on us and we will face it," he said, adding that he was certain of victory because: "God is on our side and not on yours, we are the victim and you are the oppressor, our cause is just and yours is not." He added that Hamas accepts nothing less than a complete halt of the aggression, the lifting of the siege and the opening of all Gaza crossings. "There are meetings and contacts with Islamic, Arab and European parties. We are ready to cooperate with any fair effort which stops the aggression, lifts the siege and opens the crossings. Mediators should know that we will not submit to the occupation's conditions because as the aggression is an act of war that requires resistance, the siege is an act of war that requires resistance." He added that the siege has left the Gaza Strip, a disaster area, calling for immediate humanitarian help and medical teams to help treat the wounded. To the people of Gaza he said that Gaza will be victorious, despite the painful loss of life and called on everyone there to unite in facing the aggression. He also called on the people in the West Bank to continue with their demonstrations and to let these demonstrations form the start of the third intifada. He called on the free people of the world to keep up the pressure to end the genocide in the Gaza Strip. To President-elect Barack Obama he said: "you have a bad start because you came out and spoke about the Mumbai events but you made no comments on the Gaza events," calling on the west in general to stop their double standards asking why did all western governments move to save Buda statues in Afghanistan when they were threatened with destruction but none moves at the destruction of eight mosques in Israeli occupation airstrikes.