The Palestinian group has accused Israel of committing “heinous abuses” in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood of Gaza City, Al Jazeera reports.

“The atrocities revealed after the terrorist occupation army’s withdrawal from Tal al-Hawa in southwest Gaza City, after days of incursion and intense bombing that targeted all aspects of life, are war crimes of genocide and ethnic cleansing,” Hamas said in a statement.

Hamas called on the UN and international community, including the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice, to take immediate steps to end a “war of extermination” that Israel is waging against Palestinians.