Senior Hamas official: Israel turning Gaza into Nazi concentration camp

In a televised speech on Monday evening, Osama Hamdan said Zionist regime is deliberately starving Palestinians and blocking the entry of 22,000 aid trucks into the territory.

“The occupation continues its war of genocide and starvation against Gaza with American support and international silence,” Hamdan said.

He criticized Washington for attempting to shift focus during a UN Security Council session on Gaza to the issue of Israeli prisoners.

Hamdan reported that nearly 1,500 Palestinians have been martyred due to Zionist regime’s attacks on aid seekers, describing this as part of a systematic policy of starvation against the Gaza population.

He noted that the number of starvation victims has reached 180, including 93 children, with 96% of families facing food insecurity.

“The Strip is suffering from a severe shortage of infant formula and health supplies to deal with hunger. 22,000 aid trucks are waiting at the crossings amidst the suffering of the people of the Gaza Strip,” he stated.

Hamdan said the Zionist regime’s occupation is intentionally preventing aid delivery as part of its starvation strategy.

He characterized the humanitarian situation in Gaza as catastrophic, emphasizing the urgent need for essential health supplies to combat hunger and malnutrition.

Hamdan asserted that Zionist regime’s actions amount to crimes against humanity, committed with full American support, reflecting a double standard in Washington’s policies.

He stated that Hamas treats Zionist regime’s captives “according to Islamic values and principles,” saying that they share the same suffering as the people of Gaza.

He described Zionist regime’s treatment of Palestinian captives as involving torture, brutal revenge, and humiliation.

Hamdan emphasized that the silence of the international community and UN institutions regarding Zionist regime’s war places moral and humanitarian responsibility on them.

He also expressed Hamas's willingness to cooperate with the Red Cross to provide food and medicine to Zionist regime’s prisoners and urged the necessity of establishing humanitarian corridors into Gaza.

Zionist regime started its genocidal campaign on October 7, 2023, but the regime has failed to achieve its declared objectives in Gaza despite killing nearly 61,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

Rights groups have condemned the Zionist regime’s blockade on vital supplies as a crime against humanity and a flagrant violation of international law.

Since May, Zionist regime’s forces have martyred more than 1,330 Palestinian aid seekers, and over 8,810 others have been wounded in Israeli attacks, mainly at GHF centers.

The United Nations agencies say more than 6,000 Palestinian children are being treated for malnutrition resulting from an all-out blockade of Gaza.

At least 175 people, including 93 children, have starved to death in Gaza since the Zionist regime launched the war in October 2023.

Zionist regime has rejected calls from the UN, aid agencies, and world leaders to allow more aid trucks into the besieged region to alleviate the crisis.

More Palestinians die every single day due to forced starvation and malnutrition.

Parents watch their children waste away as deliberate aid restrictions from Zionist regime mean hunger is becoming a killer across the besieged territory.

The whole Palestinian population was completely relying on UN agencies and other partners to distribute food. Israel has dismantled the UN-backed aid delivery system and replaced it with a controversial US-backed mechanism, which humanitarian aid workers and Gaza authorities say has only exacerbated the crisis.