Head Of Hamas Abroad Khaled Mashal: Only Jihad Will Restore Our Rights; A Small Number Of Our Prisoners Were Freed By The Oslo Accords – But This Ceasefire Deal Freed Thousands; Palestinians Will Not Leave Gaza Or The West Bank For An 'Alternative Homeland'; The Future Will Be Decided On The Battlefield, Not In The Capitals Of The West Or East

Head of Hamas abroad Khaled Mashal rejected Trump’s Gaza relocation plan at an event for released Hamas prisoners in Egypt and uploaded to Hamas’s Telegram channel on March 10, 2025. He said that it is the "path of jihad and resistance" that will take back people's homeland, restore honor, and liberate the prisoners. Mashal stressed that Palestinian rights will be drawn up on the battlefield, not determined in foreign capital cities. He rejected the notion that Palestinians would find an "alternative" homeland, have a political regime imposed upon them, or surrender their weapons.

Khaled Mashal: "The danger is no longer limited to Gaza and the West Bank – Egypt is in danger, and so are Jordan and Saudi Arabia. After all, some leaders in the region or in the world are thinking about the deportation of the Palestinians to some of these countries.

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"Without October 6 [1973], Sinai would not have returned [to Egypt], and without October 7 [2023], we will not take Palestine back. It is the path of Jihad and resistance that can take one's homeland back, restore honor and freedom, and liberate the prisoners. The Oslo Accords brought about the release of a small number of prisoners, but the [ceasefire] deal and the Al-Aqsa Flood have brought back thousands of our people's prisoners, with the help of Allah.

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"The world, in its big capitals, respects only the strong, so we want our nation's leaders to be strong.

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"Therefore, I would like to make it clear that Gaza will only belong to its people. No one will leave Gaza or the West Bank to an 'alternative' homeland.

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"The people of Palestine will only be governed by themselves. No political regime will be imposed upon the people of Palestine. The weapons of the people will not be taken from them, so long as they are under occupation. The future will not be drawn up in the capital cities of the West or East. The [people's] rights will be drawn up on the battlefield. These rights will not be restored in the Security Council, but in the recruitment office. Two thousand verbal shells are not worth one made of steel."