The Hamas Movement has issued an urgent appeal to the international community to act immediately to halt what it described as Israel’s ongoing genocidal war and suffocating siege on the Gaza Strip.

In a strongly worded statement released Monday, Hamas called on the UN Security Council, the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the free peoples of the world to rise against Israel’s continued atrocities and ensure the free flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

The Movement also demanded decisive action from Arab and Islamic states, urging them to cut all ties with the Israeli occupation and activate diplomatic, political, and economic pressure tools to halt the bloodshed in the besieged enclave.

“The criminal Zionist occupation continues to perpetrate genocidal crimes against our people in the Gaza Strip,” the statement declared. “A horrific massacre was committed at dawn today against displaced Palestinian families, killing dozens, mostly women and children.”

According to Hamas, Israeli warplanes bombed a school sheltering displaced families in al-Daraj neighborhood of central Gaza and a civilian home in eastern Jabalia, leading to mass casualties and destruction. The group condemned the attacks as evidence of Israel’s “scorched-earth” policy designed to depopulate Gaza and erase its inhabitants.

“This savage onslaught reflects the peak of Zionist depravity,” the statement continued, highlighting that the attack on a civilian school and a family home lays bare the occupation’s utter disregard for human life and international norms.

Hamas further denounced Israel’s attempts to avoid accountability for the massacre of nine children from the an-Najjar family, accusing the occupation of feigning ignorance and using false claims of internal investigations to shield itself from justice.

The Movement also expressed deep disappointment with the Arab and Islamic world’s failure to respond forcefully to the crisis, slamming their inaction and reliance on verbal condemnations as grossly inadequate in the face of Israel’s mounting war crimes.

“The time for words is over,” the statement asserted. “Our people are being exterminated in broad daylight while the world watches. Arab and Islamic governments must take meaningful steps to stop this genocide.”

Monday’s statement from Hamas comes after a series of Israeli attacks over the past 24 hours killed more than 55 Palestinians, many of them women and children, in what witnesses described as some of the most brutal bombardments in recent weeks. The relentless violence has pushed Gaza deeper into humanitarian catastrophe, with food, water, and medical supplies dangerously scarce.

As the Gaza death toll continues to climb past 53,000, Hamas’s call serves as a plea for immediate and tangible international intervention—not just to halt the killing, but to restore dignity, justice, and life to the besieged Palestinian population. (ILKHA)