TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Hamas commander Hussein Fayyad, who the Israeli military claimed was killed in May, has appeared in a newly published video, according to Palestinian media outlet Arab48.
The footage, which was widely shared on social media on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, shows a man resembling Fayyad speaking at a cemetery in northern Gaza, standing amid the ruins of bombed buildings, with a group of people listening.
Fayyad was the commander of Hamas’ Beit Hanoun Battalion. Beit Hanoun was one of the first areas targeted by Israel in 2023.
In his speech, he praised Gaza’s resistance to the Israeli military offensive, saying, “When the strong does not achieve its goal, it is…