Gaza will only be ruled by its people: Hamas official Hamdan
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In a daily press briefing, Osama Hamdan addressed several critical issues in regard to the developments in the Gaza Strip, expressing disappointment in the proceedings of the Arab-Islamic Summit.
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Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan speaks during an event, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, May 17, 2021 (AP)
Osama Hamdan, a member of Hamas' Political Bureau, stressed that all entities and organizations that have acted in complacency in regard to "Israel's" bombing of hospitals in the Gaza Strip bear responsibility for the occupation's continued breaching of international law.
The official pointed out the Israeli previous attempts to conceal its responsibility for the bombing of al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, saying that it is currently blatantly targeting hospitals via its warplanes.
The leader emphasized that "Israel" will pay a heavy price for targeting hospitals in Gaza both on the battlefield and in international courts.
On the developments on the battlefield in Gaza, Hamdan said that occupation forces are receiving heavy blows in Gaza's streets, stressing the effectiveness of al-Yassin rocket-propelled grenades, in the face of the occupation's armored vehicles.
"Gaza will only be ruled by its people", he stressed, after reports indicating that an international force would be deployed to the Strip and official Israeli statements suggesting that "Israel" will reoccupy the Strip once the Israeli aggression ends.
The Arab-Islamic Summit: All talk no Action
Hamas' senior representative in Lebanon revealed that the Resistance movement had expected Arab and Muslim nations to take a stronger stance in support of Palestine.
"We expected our Arab and Muslim brothers to play their card of power during the summit in Riyadh, in order to stop the suffering of Gazans," Hamdan said, expressing clear disappointment with the summit's closing statement.
Finally, the official reiterated that "facing the Zionist entity is a global humanitarian mission," as he thanked the masses who protested the occupation's crimes in Gaza all over the world.
"Israel" blockades al-Shifa Hospital
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qudra, confirmed, on Sunday, that the Israeli occupation is targeting everything moving around al-Shifa Hospital.
Al-Qudra added that the Israeli occupation has turned al-Shifa Hospital into "an open war zone," describing the situation as "catastrophic".
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Health reported that two premature infants and an ICU patient died after the hospital had completely lost power as the last generator ran out of fuel, expecting more to die unless action is taken.
"The intensive care unit, pediatric department, and oxygen devices have stopped working," al-Qudra revealed.
The international community has failed to live up to its responsibilities and enforce international law which bars entities from targeting hospitals and schools, without prior permission. Several hundred have been killed in hospitals and their vicinities since October 7, however, the occupation has only become more relentless it is the deliberate bombing of such institutions that house thousands of forcibly displaced people.
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