GAZA, (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Hamas said that the “intention of the Chief of Staff of the terrorist Israeli army to approve today plans to occupy Gaza City and accelerate military operations there is a declaration of launching a new wave of brutal genocide and criminal displacement of hundreds of thousands of Gaza City residents and displaced people who have taken refuge there”.
In a statement on Sunday, Hamas stressed that this criminal declaration of committing a major war crime in Gaza City reflects the clearest image of Israel’s arrogance, its disregard for international law, and its insistence on continuing the genocidal war that has been ongoing for more than twenty-two months, under a criminal American cover and amid shameful international silence and incapacity.
It emphasized that the talk about bringing tents into southern Gaza under the label of “humanitarian arrangements” is blatant deception intended to cover up a monstrous crime that Israel is preparing to carry out. This comes at a time when the United Nations itself affirms its rejection of these measures, considering them devoid of the most basic humanitarian standards and representing a criminal use of humanitarian pressure on civilians to achieve political and military goals.
Hamas added that what is happening in Gaza is not isolated from the West Bank, where daily raids continue, along with armed settler attacks and the burning of property, scenes that reflect the unity of the Zionist project built on expelling Palestinians from their land and stripping them of their rights, leading up to the Judaization of Islamic and Christian holy sites.
It also pointed out that the criminal (Israeli premier) Netanyahu and his government’s steps and attempts to displace the Palestinian people and uproot them from their land are accompanied by an explicit unveiling of his true intentions to establish what is called “Greater Israel” at the expense of Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and others. This dangerous plan, Hamas said, requires and necessitates “supporting our people and their resistance as the first line of defense for Arab and Islamic countries against Zionist ambitions.”
Hamas affirmed that “we are facing a critical moment that requires a unified national stance to build a comprehensive resistance strategy to confront the criminal schemes aiming to uproot our people and erase their identity.” It further stressed that Arab and Islamic countries should take clear steps to confront this “fascist entity” in light of the projects it declares, targeting the countries and peoples of the region.
