Hamas Official Regrets October 7 Attacks

New York Times

It turns out actions have consequences, and Hamas is finally admitting it. A senior official has expressed regret over the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel—not because of the atrocities committed, but because Gaza has paid the price in return.

Mousa Abu Marzouk, head of Hamas’s foreign relations office, confessed in an interview with The New York Times that he had no knowledge of the attack’s detailed plans. Had he known the scale of the response it would provoke, he says he wouldn’t have supported it.

“If it was expected that what happened would happen, there wouldn’t have been October 7,” he admitted.

In other words, Hamas didn’t expect Israel to strike back as hard as it did. Now, as Gaza lies in ruins, Abu Marzouk and his ilk are trying to backtrack—not out of remorse, but because they realize they’ve lost more than they bargained for.

Abu Marzouk went on to claim that Hamas’s survival is itself a “victory,” but even he had to concede that the destruction inflicted on Gaza makes it impossible to pretend they’ve won.

He also hinted that Hamas may now be open to negotiating disarmament. Funny how that option was never on the table before they got crushed.

Abu Marzouk wants the world to believe Hamas was blindsided by Israel’s response. But let’s not forget—Hamas’s late leader Yahya Sinwar explicitly planned to manipulate Western moral and political dilemmas to turn global opinion against Israel. He knew civilians would suffer and was willing to use their suffering as propaganda.

This interview? Just another attempt at the same game. They knew what was coming. They just didn’t think it would cost them this much.

In response to Abu Marzouk’s statements, Hamas quickly scrambled to cover itself, claiming on its Telegram channel that his remarks were taken “out of context.” The group reiterated that October 7 was an act of “resistance” and that they remain committed to armed struggle.

But the reality is clear: Hamas gambled with the lives of Gazans, expecting the world to shield them from the consequences. They were wrong—and now they’re paying the price.