PFLP Official: We Lost This Round But Have Not Lost the War; This Conflict Is Historic & Open-Ended

On the backdrop of the pending Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, the PFLP's international relations chief Maher Al-Taher said in a January 16, 2025 interview on Palestine Today TV (Palestinian Islamic Jihad) that "the enemy will continue its aggression" and that Israel has acted brutally recently and inflicted painful losses to the Iran-backed resistance axis, but that "this is just one round of the war." He described the conflict against Israel as "historic and open-ended," asserting that there is "no coexistence with the Zionist entity," adding: "We lost one round, but we have not lost the war." He said: "The resistance goes on as long as the Zionist occupation remains in the land of Palestine."