Haniyeh made the remarks in a televised speech on Thursday, the 12th day of an all-out Israeli war against the coastal territory that has so far claimed at least 3,800 lives.

“Continuation of the enemy’s atrocities against the people of Gaza will upset all equations in Palestine and the region,” he said.

“What is happening in Gaza will lead to a regional war, which the enemy and its supporters will be unable to control,” Haniyeh added.

Addressing the sheer extent of the Israeli aggression — which has seen the Zionist enemy leveling entire districts and deploying banned white phosphorus munitions against Gaza — Haniyeh stated the crimes “once again proved the Nazi nature” of the occupying regime.

The Hamas’ official pointed to the regime’s earlier massacre of at least 12 people during attacks against a Palestinian refugee camp in the city of Tulkarm in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

“The goal sought by the regime’s aggression is to uproot the people of Gaza and the West Bank, and resettle them respectively in Egypt and Jordan.”

“The Palestinian nation,” he, however, added, “is committed to its land and will never accept either resettlement or an alternative homeland.”

Haniyeh expressed gratitude towards Muslim and Arab countries, especially Egypt, for their opposition to the resettlement scheme.

He described the only means of resolution of the current situation as cessation of the Israeli occupation, saying, “We announced this to all that these atrocities should be condemned, and the murderers and the criminals should be tried and punished at international courts.”

The Hamas’ leader, meanwhile, pointed to American and European officials’ recent trips to the occupied territories, saying the visits seek to bolster the “cowardly Zionist army and the disintegrated Israeli society” following the al-Aqsa Storm Operation.

The Israeli war came after Hamas and its fellow Gaza-based resistance movement of the Islamic Jihad launched the operation against the regime in response to its campaign of aggression, violation, and bloodshed against Palestinians.

The operation killed around 1,400 people and resulted in the captivity of at least 200 others.

Egypt’s state-affiliated media outlet Al-Qahera News also reported the crossing will open on Friday, quoting an unnamed Egyptian official. The channel did not specify the exact time for the opening.

The road to the Egyptian side of the crossing is being cleaned in preparation for opening. Tents and toilets were set up Wednesday night for volunteers staying the night at the border.

The Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the south has been considered the last hope for Gazans to escape as Israel’s bombs rain down on the territory, and many Palestinians have begun moving in its direction in anticipation. However, it is currently shut.

US President Joe Biden helped broker a deal between Egypt and Israel on Wednesday.

Biden stated Egypt had agreed to open the Rafah crossing into Gaza for up to 20 trucks of humanitarian aid — but not evacuations. The World Health Organization announced the 20 trucks were only a start, and that the aim is to get up to 100 trucks of aid distributed per day.

Egypt has repeatedly denied that the crossing was closed on its end of the border, saying the aid has been waiting for guarantees that trucks entering will not be targeted by Israel.

Israel noted it will not block humanitarian aid going into Gaza from Egypt, according to a statement from the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But it will not allow supplies into Gaza from its own territory until Hamas releases all hostages.