Senior Hamas official defends ‘high price’ of Oct 7 for Palestinians, saying attack created ‘golden moment’

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Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad refuses to accept responsibility for consequences of October 7 attacks 1:25 Doha, Qatar —

A senior Hamas official has defended carrying out the deadly October 7 attacks on Israel, telling CNN that it created a “golden moment” for the Palestinian cause despite the tens of thousands of deaths in Gaza.

In a wide-ranging interview in Doha, two weeks after surviving an Israeli air-strike on a Hamas compound in the Qatari capital, Ghazi Hamad highlighted growing international condemnation of Israel’s offensive in Gaza and the spate of countries who have recognized Palestinian statehood. He was unapolo