Hamas mentioned Thursday that Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich‘s name to starve 2 million Palestinians within the Gaza Strip is an “an explicit embrace of a policy of genocide.”
“The statement by the Nazi Smotrich, where he claimed that starving two million Palestinians in Gaza is ‘justified and moral,’ is a blatant admission of the occupation’s premeditated intent and its actual adoption of a genocidal policy in Gaza,” Izzat al-Risheq, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, mentioned in an announcement.
“Typically, criminals hide their crimes, but we are dealing with a brazen enemy who openly boasts about his heinous acts,” he mentioned.
Al-Risheq urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to subject an arrest warrant for “Smotrich the terrorist who promotes and supports genocide,” and to carry him and his gang accountable.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry additionally inspired the ICC to subject an arrest warrant for Smotrich due to his feedback.
Palestinian Presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh condemned the Smotrich feedback and described them as “a war crime for which occupation leaders must be held accountable.”
Abu Rudeineh, in an announcement revealed by the official Palestinian news company, mentioned the remarks are “provocative actions in which the occupying state defies the world.”
Smotrich mentioned Monday that letting 2 million individuals in Gaza die from starvation could be “justified and moral.”
Amnesty International mentioned in February that Israel was defying an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling to forestall genocide by failing to permit satisfactory humanitarian help into Gaza.
Israel has imposed a crippling blockade on Gaza since an Oct. 7, 2023 assault by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, leaving the whole inhabitants of the enclave on the verge of famine.
Flouting a UN Security Council decision demanding a direct cease-fire, Israel has confronted worldwide condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza.
Nearly 40,000 Palestinians have since been killed, largely girls and kids, and over 91,700 injured, in accordance with native well being authorities.
More than 10 months into the Israeli onslaught, huge tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of meals, clear water and drugs.
Israel is accused of genocide on the ICJ, which ordered Tel Aviv to instantly halt its navy operation within the southern metropolis of Rafah, the place greater than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the conflict earlier than it was invaded on May 6.
Source: www.anews.com.tr