Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh has said that his terror group needs the "blood of the women, children and elderly" of Gaza in order to "awaken... resolve".
Appearing on on Lebanon's Al-Mayadeen television, he called on the "free people of the world" to stop the bombing of Gaza, which he referred to as the "new Holocaust"
In the footage, originally published by the Middle East Media Research Institute, the Hamas leader went on: "The blood of the women, children and elderly […] we are the ones who need this blood, so it awakens within us the revolutionary spirit, so it awakens with us resolve."
Israel's demise is "inevitable," said Haniyeh, adding that preparations must be made for the "post-occupation" phase.