Hamas' overall Damascus-based leader Khaled Mashal admitted at a conference in the Syrian capital on Wednesday that the current Gaza crisis did not start and will not end with the Israeli embargo.

Mashal said that even if Israel opened the flood gates and allowed the completely unhindered flow of good and people to and from Gaza, terrorist forces based there would continue to attack the Jewish state.

The Hamas leader said his group will never stop killing Israelis until Jewish sovereignty in the region is eliminated.