Hamas’s ‘Victory’ Mocked: The Truth About Gaza’s Devastation

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After Israel and Hamas reached an agreement to a ceasefire on January 15th, after more than a year of war and devastation that left over 40,000 Gazans dead and virtually all of Gaza reduced to rubble, Khalil Al-Hayya, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, delivered a speech on Al-Jazeera, calling the war, which they called as “Al-Aqsa Flood war” a victory, adding that the October 7 attacks will continue to be a “source of pride” for Palestinians. 

Al-Hayya further stated that Israel has failed in its stated goals to defeat Hamas, promised that the jihad will continue, and thanked all the forces and nations that helped or provided support to Hamas in the war.

Other Hamas officials were also quick to claim victory, stating that Hamas managed to deal heavy blows against Israel while preventing it from achieving its objectives. They also described the ceasefire agreement as an "achievement" in which Hamas managed to impose its terms on Israel.

However, in response to these statements, Arab journalists, writers, and researchers took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to slam Hamas officials for presenting the war and the subsequent ceasefire agreement between them and Israel as a victory, noting the immense destruction in Gaza, the deaths of tens of thousands of Gazans, and the displacement of millions more.

"[Hamas official Khalil] Al-Hayya called Hamas' victories in Gaza 'miraculous'!!! Oh Al-Hayya,[3] if you see this [spilled] blood and destruction as a 'victory,' I'd like to know how you would describe a defeat!!!..." Saudi media figure Yahya Al-Shabraqi wrote.

Saudi journalist Hussein Al-Waday also wrote that “if Hamas thinks it has gained a victory, then it's a victory over the Palestinians,” adding that the war “has destroyed their lives and future and defeated their cause, bringing it to the brink of the grave."

Some, such as Fahd Deepaji, mocked Al-Hayya’s "false victory speech" and even called him a "snake," a sarcastic reference to the meaning of his name in Arabic. Deepaji shared a cartoon depicting the official as a snake coiled around the ruins of Gaza, saying, "We achieved a total victory in Gaza."

Other writers claimed that not only Hamas failed to win but was utterly defeated and crushed by Israel, along with other Iranian proxies like Hezbollah. Some even accused Hamas of treachery because of its loyalty to Iran.

“Hamas ratified a surrender agreement just as the Iranian party in Lebanon [i.e., Hizbullah] did before it. Thus collapsed Iran’s myth of the Islamic resistance, which has not liberated one inch of Palestine or advanced a single step toward Jerusalem but [only] brought devastation upon the land and its people wherever it established itself – for resistance is meant to be national or not to exist at all.” Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, an Emirati researcher and professor of political science, said.

Palestinian journalist Ayman Khaled shared the remarks made by Al-Hayya on Al-Jazeera, where he thanked Hamas’s allies in the axis that helped them in its war against Israel and commented: “[This is] the height of betrayal. 'Congratulations to Iran, Hizbullah, the Houthis, the Iraqi militias, and the militias in Jenin who are collaborating with Iran' – that was the gist of the remarks made by the snake Khalil Al-Hayya in his false victory speech yesterday.”

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