The latest attacks were aimed at "separating Gaza from the rest of the Occupied Palestinian lands, and also at marginalising Gaza" and "preventing our people from attaining their ultimate goal: an end to occupation, gaining freedom and the right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the lands that were occupied in 1967, with Eastern Jerusalem as its capital".
Prezidents uzsvēra, ka Izraēla nekad nav pārstājusi būt agresīva — situācija nav uzlabojusies, neraugoties uz Anapolisas līgumu, kas paredzēja, ka Izraēlai būtu jāpārtrauc Palestīnas teritoriju okupācija un jārodas divām valstīm: Palestīnai un Izraēlai.