Marzouk claimed the October 7, 2023 massacre was a pre-emptive attack calling, "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood" a "necessary step and a normal response to confront all Israeli conspiracies against the Palestinian people and their cause," and, "a defensive act in the frame of getting rid of the Israeli occupation, reclaiming the Palestinians rights and on the way for liberation and independence like all peoples around the world did." The terrorist also said that their taking of hostages and trading them for imprisoned terrorists during "prisoner exchanges" have been "the most significant mechanism of the Palestinian national movement to free large numbers of Palestinian prisoners."  

Hamas officials denied the Oct. 7 atrocities such as mass rape against civilians because Hamas soldiers were holy warriors and blamed the massacre on Israeli civilians and the IDF.