Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has decried Israel’s “genocide” in the Gaza Strip amid Israel’s bombardment, in remarks to visiting US State Secretary Antony Blinken, AFP reports.

“I have no words to describe the genocide and destruction suffered by our Palestinian people in Gaza at the hands of Israel’s war machine, with no regard for the principles of international law,” Abbas told Blinken in Ramallah, in remarks carried by official Palestinian news agency Wafa.