IOF attacks on vital facilities aim at suffocating Gaza: Hamas

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen English
4 Apr 2025 21:02

Hamas has issued a statement condemning the ongoing Israeli brutal onslaught in Gaza, particularly the attacks on its vital facilities.

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Palestinians grieve over the bodies of their relatives, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, as they prepare for burial at a hospital in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP)

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas condemned "Israel's" continued onslaught in Gaza, saying "the pace of massacres committed by the fascist occupation army against unarmed civilians continues across all areas of the Gaza Strip."

Hamas highlighted that areas like Khuzaa east of Khan Younis, the town of al-Nasr northeast of Rafah, and the neighborhoods of Shujaiya and al-Tuffah in eastern Gaza City, have bore the brunt of Israeli brutality, with dozens of martyrs and wounded in recent hours, "all part of the ongoing brutal genocide taking place before the eyes and ears of the world."

The statement further noted that the occupation targeted the water desalination plant in the al-Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City early this morning, emphasizing that it is "a clear war crime aimed at tightening the siege and further suffocating innocent civilians."

It stressed that the occupation’s systematic military escalation, deliberate targeting of densely populated areas, and deprivation of civilians from the most basic necessities of life and survival reveal its true objectives, "which go far beyond the issue of retrieving captives, to a fascist, sadistic campaign of revenge, and an attempt to implement criminal plans of genocide and forced displacement."

"The great people of Palestine and their valiant Resistance will not yield to this fascist will, and through their steadfastness and resilience, they will thwart all plans aimed at liquidating their cause and erasing their presence on their land," Hamas' statement further read.

The movement concluded its statement by saying that "these blatant violations of international law against Gaza and its people will remain a stain of shame on the forehead of the international community and its complicit, silent system, a curse that will follow all those who have betrayed our people and colluded in these unprecedented crimes."

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The ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip continues to take a devastating toll, with 86 martyrs and 287 injuries reported in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.

Gaza hospitals are overwhelmed as the casualties from the recent attacks continue to pour in.

Since March 18, 2025, the total number of martyrs has reached 1,249, with 3,022 injuries reported. The overall toll from the Israeli aggression, which began on October 7, 2023, has now risen to a staggering 50,609 martyrs and 115,063 injuries, according to the Health Ministry.

The dire situation in Gaza continues to worsen as the international community grapples with the impact of this brutal escalation.