Spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Hazem Qassem

▪ The bombing by the forces of the Zionist occupation of Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip and its perpetration of a massacre against patients and members of the medical staff is a full-fledged war crime and an unprecedented terrorist act.

▪ The occupation’s persistence in its crimes and its crossing all human taboos by targeting hospitals is a natural result of the international community’s failure to hold the criminal leaders of the enemy accountable.

▪ The Peace Council and its representative Mladenov bear responsibility for this terrorist crime because of their silence regarding the crimes of the occupation and their complete inability to compel it to stop them.

▪ We call on the Arab and Islamic countries participating in the Peace Council to take a serious and firm position that prevents the criminal enemy from exploiting their participation in the council as a cover for its crimes.

▪ The occupation does not care about the efforts of the mediators, the guarantor states and the US administration, and acts in a way that is free from any accountability.

▪ This places all these parties before a great responsibility that requires real and effective action to stop the occupation’s ongoing violations and ensure adherence to the ceasefire agreement.