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Hamas military spokesperson Abu Obeida quoted a poem by a Palestinian-Egyptian poet as he made an apparent reference to Israeli “invaders” having “no shame”. It came as the masked spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, marked 200 days of Israel’s war on Gaza on Tuesday. The reference is from a 2019 poem by Tamim Al-Barghouti, who is often referred to as the “poet of Jerusalem” in Arabic. “We have known invaders before you,” the poem reads, adding: “Seventy years and you have no shame.” Abu Obeida also sent greetings to the “dear Jordanian masses” and invited them to “escalate…

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