David Gritten: Israel targets Hamas’s labyrinth of tunnels under Gaza. BBC News, 13. Oktober 2023, abgerufen am 17. Januar 2025 (englisch): „The following year, Israel cited the need to eradicate the threat of attacks by militants using such "terror tunnels" under the frontier for a major air and ground offensive in Gaza.“
Russia Today TV: Hamas Official Mousa Abu Marzouk: The Tunnels In Gaza Were Built To Protect Hamas Fighters, Not Civilians; Protecting Gaza Civilians Is The Responsibility Of The U.N. And Israel. The Middle East Media Research Institute, 27. Oktober 2023, abgerufen am 17. Januar 2024 (englisch): „We have built the tunnels because we have no other way of protecting ourselves from being targeted and killed. These tunnels are meant to protect us from the airplanes. We are fighting from inside the tunnels. Everybody knows that 75% of the people in the Gaza Strip are refugees, and it is the responsibility of the United Nations to protect them. According to the Geneva Convention, it is the responsibility of the occupation to provide them with all the services as long as they are under occupation.“
Ynet reporters: Senior Hamas leader: Israel exists. In: Ynet. 20. Februar 2006 (englisch, ynetnews.com [abgerufen am 26. Mai 2024]): “(..) we won't compromise on three principles: Rule according to the principles of Sharia (Islamic law), our right to live in Palestine, and our right to resist the occupation (..)”
