Ziyad Nakhalah, the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, said in a November 24, 2021 interview on Mayadeen TV (Lebanon) that if Israel targets any member of the Islamic Jihad, it will retaliate with a rocket attack on Tel Aviv.
He emphasized that the Palestinian “resistance” is present wherever possible, including both Gaza and the West Bank, and he said that weapons and UAVs are being manufactured in Gaza.
He also criticizes Hamas for facilitating the work of Gaza laborers in Israel
Later in the interview, Nakhalah commented on the recent approval of 3,000 entry permits into Israel for Gazan laborers, saying that the Palestinian resistance should not agree to Palestinians being mere laborers on their own land.
Nakhalah also said that the Palestinians are being economically besieged by the Arab countries, which he said provide very little aid and interfere with Palestinian organizations’ ability to gather donations.