The Hamas Movement denounced the Israeli bombing of UNRWA’s food aid warehouse in northern Gaza on Monday as &ldquoanother war crime&rdquo and urged the agency to continue shouldering its responsibilities towards the civilians in the war-torn coastal enclave.
In a statement Hamas said that the Israeli bombing of UNRWA’s warehouse containing food aid is aimed at tightening its chokehold on the population in Gaza and depriving them of their most basic needs.
The Movement called on the UN and its refugee agency to condemn such a Nazi behavior reconsider its current policies and provide the Palestinian people with protection and assistance and enforce the simplest principles of the international law in Gaza whose people are exposed to the most heinous crimes in full view of the entire world..
In another statement Hamas condemned the Israeli occupation army for recently attacking ambulances civil defense headquarters medical centers and hospitals and killing a number of paramedics and rescuers describing such practices as &ldquovicious war crimes.&rdquo
&ldquoThe occupation forces aim to paralyze the health and service facilities and rescue operations as part of the genocidal war they are waging against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip&rdquo Hamas affirmed.
The Movement called on the international community to protect the civilians in Gaza and end Israel’s brutal crimes against them and its systematic violations of the international law and human rights.
For its part the Government Media Office deplored the Israeli airstrike on an aid warehouse belonging to UNRWA in northern Gaza and accused the Israeli occupation of seeking to exacerbate the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and depriving the population of receiving any assistance.
Head of the Media Office Salama Maarouf also criticized the UN and its refugee agency for remaining silent on such a crime and failing to issue any statement condemning it or take any step to ensure the safety of its facilities in Gaza.
