BREAKING: Qassam vows to resume fire on Friday if blockade not lifted

The Ezzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian resistance faction Hamas, have vowed to resume fire on Friday if Israel failed to lift the years-long blockade on the Gaza Strip.

"If the enemy failed to fulfill conditions of the resistance and lift the Gaza siege, we will resume the battle at 08:00am on Friday after the end of the 72-hour ceasefire," a leader of the Qassam Brigades told Anadolu Agency on Thursday.

"Our mujahedeen (fighters) are still ready to carry out their missions," he said.