Hamas denounces Israel’s ‘blatant’ ceasefire violation, rejects Tel Aviv’s accusations of breach

In a statement on Tuesday, the movement condemned “the criminal bombing carried out by the Israeli occupation army on areas of the Gaza Strip.”

The remarks came after the Zionist regime’s military claimed the lives of at least 60 people and wounded more than 50 others across the coastal sliver, including during intense airstrikes targeting the eastern part of the Gaza City, the Palestinian territory’s largest urban area, and the southern city of Khan Younis within the space of just one day.

“This terrorist attack is an extension of the series of violations committed in recent days, including attacks which resulted in martyrs and wounded,” Hamas added.

The deal was reached in Egypt earlier this month with the aim of implementing the first phase of a 20-point plan forwarded by Donald Trump. The US president says the proposal is aimed at ending the regime’s two-year-plus war of genocide on Gaza.

Hamas also lambasted Tel Aviv’s continued closure of the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza, which is the territory’s lifeline, as another instance of the regime’s refusing to keep its end of the bargain.

‘Israel trying to make deal fail’

Such instances, the group added, serve to prove the regime’s “insistence on violating the terms of the agreement and trying to make it fail.”

Earlier too, the movement had reported that the Zionist regime’s military was deliberately preventing recovery and transfer of the remains of the regime’s captives, as it has been agreed in the deal, calling out Tel Aviv’s “systematic obstruction.” 

Elsewhere in its latest statement, Hamas roundly spurned the regime’s allegations of its involvement in, what Israeli officials have called, targeting of Israeli troops with RPGs and sniper fire in Rafah.

“We affirm that we have no connection to the shooting incident in Rafah, and we affirm our commitment to the ceasefire agreement.”

The group finally called on guarantors, namely Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and the United States, to act immediately to pressure the regime and curb its brutal escalation against civilians in Gaza, stop its serious violations of the agreement, and urge it to adhere to all of its terms.