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Ismail Haniyeh

When I said a few weeks ago that our people would eat cooking oil and olives if necessary, I didn't mean that there really would be only oil and olives. What I meant was that our people have the necessary patience to endure the current difficult situation

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Ismail Haniyeh is clarifying that he did not intend to suggest people would literally survive on just cooking oil and olives. Instead, he was emphasizing that the people are patient and able to cope with hardships during tough times.

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