Hamas: Gaza’s famine undermines all negotiation efforts
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A senior Hamas official, Dr. Bassem Naim, firmly rejected any current ceasefire negotiations on Tuesday, stressing that ongoing Israeli war crimes—including starvation, forced thirst, and massacres—make any dialogue meaningless under the current conditions.
“There is no sense in engaging in talks or considering new ceasefire proposals as long as the hunger war and extermination war continue in the Gaza Strip,” Naim stated in an official release.
The remarks come amid deepening suffering across the besieged enclave, where more than 2.3 million Palestinians face catastrophic food insecurity, exacerbated by the full closure of aid crossings by the Israeli occupation since March 2. Humanitarian groups, including UN agencies, have repeatedly warned of looming famine and a breakdown of civil society due to Israel’s weaponization of basic needs.
Naim called on the international community to end its complicity in Israeli crimes by exerting serious pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s regime. “The world must pressure the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the crimes of hunger, thirst, and killings in Gaza,” he urged.
Since the beginning of the genocidal campaign on October 7, 2023, Israel has deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure, imposed a total siege, and blocked the entry of food, fuel, water, and medicine into Gaza—turning the Strip into a zone of mass starvation.
Hamas has consistently maintained that any truce must be based on an immediate cessation of aggression, full humanitarian access, and a binding commitment to end the siege and occupation.
Dr. Naim's statement reflects the resistance movement’s growing frustration with international mediation efforts that ignore the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza and instead pressure the Palestinian side for concessions without addressing Israeli war crimes.
As Gaza continues to bleed under relentless bombardment and starvation, Palestinian resistance leaders are calling for justice, not negotiations, in the face of what many are now openly labeling a genocide. (ILKHA)
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