Senior Hamas leader Khaled Maashal stated two days ago on December 10, 2025, that the October 7 'al-Aqsa flood' attack brought the Palestinian cause to the forefront of global attention, according to an X post by Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib shared within the three-hour reporting window from 1:16 AM to 4:16 AM UTC on December 12. Maashal insisted the attack prompted pressure from Western college students in the US and Europe to force the US to end the war, and noted opposition from elements of Israeli society to Prime Minister Netanyahu, as paraphrased in the X post. He described disarmament as 'removing the soul' from the body of the resistance, vowing its rebuilding and perseverance, while expressing Hamas's desire for a temporary calm to allow Gaza to 'heal'. The X post stated that the Gaza Strip was experiencing torrential rains at the time of Maashal's remarks, flooding tents housing hundreds of thousands of civilians.
