Hawzah News Agency- The call came in response to a joint statement issued by the United Nations and more than 200 humanitarian organizations, which warned that Israeli restrictions are jeopardizing life-saving aid efforts across the territory.
In a press statement, Hamas said the UN warning over Israel’s potential move to revoke the registration of dozens of international relief organizations “underscores the danger of the occupation’s approach in deepening the humanitarian catastrophe''.
The Movement stressed that these policies require urgent international action and the mobilization of all available means to provide relief to Palestinians in Gaza.
Hamas said the Israeli government, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, is, according to the UN and international organizations, systematically tightening the siege and weaponizing humanitarian aid, depriving civilians of their basic rights as part of the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.
It said these actions constitute a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement brokered under the sponsorship of US president Donald Trump, adding that hundreds of field violations have resulted in the killing of hundreds of Palestinians, either by fire from the Israeli occupation forces or as a result of obstructed relief operations and the failure to provide shelter for displaced civilians.
In a separate statement, Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said the martyrdom of children from extreme cold in Gaza amounted to a crime committed by the occupation through its continued siege and its prevention of reconstruction.
Qassem said repeated appeals to allow real shelter solutions and to begin reconstruction have failed to move the international community to save Gaza’s children, who “were killed by bombardment and are now dying from the cold''.
He urged the international community to take immediate and serious action to rescue Gaza before the catastrophe worsens and mass fatalities occur. He also called on the US administration and President Donald Trump to pressure Israel to honor its ceasefire commitments, particularly humanitarian and relief provisions, and to ensure that international humanitarian organizations can operate without obstruction in Gaza.
Earlier on Thursday, Nasser Medical Complex announced the martyrdom of a child due to severe cold in the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza, adding to a growing number of children who have died in recent days as a result of harsh weather conditions.
Over the past week, Gaza has been hit by two severe winter storms that have killed at least 16 Palestinians, further worsening living conditions in a territory devastated by genocide that has killed more than 70,000 people, wounded over 171,000 others, and destroyed around 90 percent of civilian infrastructure.
Heavy rains have flooded approximately 53,000 tents that fail to meet even minimum humanitarian safety standards, as border crossings remain closed and the entry of emergency shelter materials is blocked. The crisis has been compounded by Israel’s failure to comply with the ceasefire agreement and its humanitarian protocol, particularly provisions related to shelters, tents, and mobile housing units.
Source: The Palestinian Information Center
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