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Memri
2 days ago
- Politics
- Memri
Senior Hamas Official Osama Hamdan: Gaza Is Worse Than Auschwitz, the Israeli Occupation's Acts Have Surpassed the Holocaust; According to International Law, Israel - Not Hamas - Is Responsible for It
Osama Hamdan of the Hamas political bureau said in interviews on August 5 and 7, 2025, on Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) that the occupation has turned Gaza into a Nazi concentration camp worse than Auschwitz, and that the genocidal acts perpetrated in the Gaza Strip have surpassed the Holocaust. He said everything the Nazis did seems 'insignificant' compared to what the Israelis are doing in Gaza. Discussing the condition of Israeli hostage Evyatar David, shown in a recent Hamas-released video in an emaciated state forced to dig his own grave, Hamdan claimed that David is better off than thousands of Palestinians. He added that, according to international law, Hamas should not be blamed for the condition of Israeli hostages because if an enemy imposes a siege on captors of its soldiers, what happens to those soldiers is the responsibility of the besieger.
Middle East Eye
2 days ago
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Senior Hamas official says ceasefire talks ongoing
Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan has said that mediation efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza are ongoing. Hamdan told Al-Araby that Hamas aims to stop Israeli aggression and lift the blockade on Gaza. He said Hamas will not disarm and added that the recent collapse in negotiations was due to statements made by the Trump administration's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff.
Middle East Eye
05-08-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Red Cross urges Hamas-Israel deal for aid access
Following remarks from Hamas official Osama Hamdan urging the move a day earlier, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is now calling for aid access to Gaza by way of an agreement between Hamas and Israel. "The International Committee of the Red Cross is prepared and ready to bring in medicine, food and family news for the hostages in Gaza. To do this, an agreement must be reached between Israel and Hamas. While the ICRC is in constant dialogue with all parties, the ICRC is not involved in any negotiations," the statement released on Tuesday said. "ICRC teams are also prepared to scale-up the delivery of life-saving aid safely to civilians in desperate need across the Gaza Strip. A rapid and unhindered flow of humanitarian assistance must be allowed and facilitated. With acute food shortages worsening by the day, civilians in Gaza must have immediate and sustained access to food, along with safe water, medical and hygiene supplies, and other essentials needed to survive and live in dignity," the statement continued. "The ICRC also stands ready to visit Palestinian detainees in Israeli places of detention". ICRC President President Mirjana Spoljaric has been speaking with Israeli President Isaac Herzog to try to secure humanitarian access, the statement also noted.
Shafaq News
05-08-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Hamas calls for binding UNSC action on Gaza
Shafaq News – Gaza On Monday, Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan called on members of the UN Security Council to pressure Israel to end what he described as a 'humanitarian catastrophe' in the Gaza Strip. In a press statement, he urged adherence to international humanitarian law and an immediate halt to what he called ' collective starvation,' which he said amounts to a war crime. Hamdan held the Israeli government, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, 'fully responsible' for the lives of all Israeli captives held by Hamas. He accused Israel of 'arrogance and obstinacy' in refusing to reach a ceasefire agreement, and of escalating what he termed 'a war of extermination and starvation' against the Palestinian population. The official also blamed Netanyahu—whom he referred to as 'wanted by international justice'—for the condition of Israeli soldier Evyatar David, citing the worsening blockade, starvation, and denial of food, water, and medicine in Gaza. He added that the treatment of Israeli prisoners in Gaza is tied to the humanitarian conditions faced by the local population, stating, 'they live as the people of Gaza live.' Reaffirming Hamas's willingness to "positively respond to any request by the Red Cross to deliver food and medicine to enemy prisoners held in the Gaza Strip," Hamdan called for a sustained international pressure on Israel to open humanitarian corridors for the civilian population.
Middle East Eye
05-08-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
United Nations Security Council must issue binding resolutions to stop war on Gaza: Hamas
In a recorded video message broadcast by Al Jazeera Arabic on Monday, Hamas senior representative Osama Hamdan called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to issue firm and binding resolutions to rein in Israel and end the war on Gaza. "What is required is that the UN Security Council issue clear and binding resolutions to the occupation to stop the war of extermination, including massacres, violations, starvation and destruction of civilian life in the Gaza Strip, and to oblige the occupation to withdraw, open the crossings for humanitarian aid, and stop its violations against [Palestinian] prisoners in Israeli prisons," Hamdan said. His statement comes as the UNSC holds a special session on Monday on the conditions of Israeli captives in Gaza, following an appeal by Israel's UN ambassador Danny Danon. Hamdan's video also follows images broadcast by the Hamas military wing, the Qassam Brigades, over the weekend, showing Israeli captives looking emaciated. The images caused outrage in Israel. "The world has witnessed the humane treatment received by the enemy prisoners of the resistance since 7 October 2023 through the duration of their captivity," Hamdan said. "The resistance has always made it clear that the enemy prisoners eat what our besieged and hungry people eat, and they drink from what [our people] drink". Reiterating the statement made by Qassam spokesperson Abu Obeida on Sunday, Hamdan said Hamas is ready to work with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to bring in food and medicine to the Israeli captives it is holding in Gaza, in a bid to "force the occupation to open the humanitarian corridors in a normal and permanent manner for the passage of food and medicine to all our people". "Breaking the siege, opening all the crossings immediately, and bringing food, water and medicine urgently to the entire Gaza Strip will end the humanitarian catastrophe" and leave no need for the scandal-plagued, US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Hamdan said.
