Hamas condemns 'Israeli' airstrike on women’s aid queue in Deir al-Balah

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has issued a press statement vehemently condemning what it describes as a "heinous new crime" by the "fascist occupation army" in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.

According to the Hamas statement, an 'Israeli' airstrike targeted a queue of women waiting to receive nutritional supplements for their children, resulting in the martyrdom of 15 women and children and dozens of wounded. Hamas asserts this incident is part of an "ongoing genocide" in the Gaza Strip.

The statement further accuses the "terrorist Netanyahu government" of escalating its "savage massacres against innocent civilians" in schools, streets, displacement tents, and civilian centers. Hamas labels this behavior as a "systematic conduct amounting to a full-fledged crime of ethnic cleansing, committed with sound and image before the world."

Hamas reiterated its urgent demand for the international community, the United Nations and its institutions, as well as Arab and Islamic nations, to take immediate action at all levels.

This action, Hamas stressed, should aim to stop the "continuous massacre and organized genocide" against the Palestinian people, enforce the lifting of the siege, ensure the entry of aid, and work to hold the leaders of the "rogue entity" accountable for their crimes against humanity.