Hamas calls for ‘serious steps’ to end Israeli blockade on Gaza
Hamas has chided the ongoing blockade on aid into Gaza, saying Israel has been preventing the entry of “all essential items necessary for life, including food supplies, medicine and fuel” for seven weeks in a row.
The Israeli siege comes in addition to the army “targeting water wells and desalination plants, and obstructing relief operations and food distribution centres”, the Palestinian group said in a statement.
Hamas urged the UN and the international community to take action “to stop the policy of mass starvation, ensure the access of humanitarian aid, food and medical supplies to civilians in the Gaza Strip, and to reconsider the system of international laws and conventions that are violated daily by the government of war criminal Netanyahu”.
The group renewed its call to Arab and Muslim countries to help aid in ending the “unjust blockade of Gaza”.
Hamas says contact lost with US-Israeli soldier after Gaza bombing
The military wing of Hamas has announced it has lost contact with the team guarding US-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander in Gaza after “direct Israeli bombardment” targeted their location.
“It seems that the occupation army is deliberately trying to kill him and hence relieve themselves from the pressure caused by the dual-citizen prisoners in order to continue its genocide against our people,” said Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Qassam Brigades.
On Saturday, Hamas had released a video giving proof of life for Alexander, which was filmed sometime last week. In the video, Alexander appealed to Trump to get him out of Gaza and urged the US president not to believe “lies” told by Netanyahu.
‘Be prepared’: Hamas releases warning video on Gaza captives
After its warning over the loss of contact with the group holding US-Israeli captive soldier Edan Alexander, the armed wing of Hamas has released a video directed at captives’ families.
“Be prepared. Soon your children will return in black coffins with their bodies torn apart by shrapnel from your army’s missiles,” the Qassam Brigades said in the video, which is accompanied by footage from a previous handover of Israeli captives’ remains in coffins to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
“Your leadership has signed the decision to execute the prisoners in the Gaza Strip.”
