The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said that Israel’s announcement of the start of a military operation in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, coinciding with its incursions into the Zaytoun neighborhood and Rafah, confirms its insistence on continuing what it described as a war of extermination.
In a statement, the movement held the US administration and President Joe Biden fully responsible for the escalation of these crimes against civilians.
The movement called on the international community and the United Nations to leave what it called the box of timid positions, and to put pressure to stop the aggression.
In a separate statement, Hamas warned of a humanitarian catastrophe and the worsening state of famine in the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli occupation army’s continued control of the Rafah crossing and its closure for the fifth day in a row.
Hamas said that closing the crossing disrupted the arrival of humanitarian and medical aid to the Palestinians, in addition to stopping the exit of the wounded to receive treatment abroad.
The movement called on the international community and the United Nations to take urgent action to stop this humanitarian catastrophe, and to take the necessary measures to stop the Israeli aggression against Gaza.