Hamas says the ongoing crimes against Palestinians are being perpetrated with “absolute support by the US administration and Western capitals, which are providing the necessary cover and time for the Israeli government to commit a barbaric genocide in the Gaza Strip”, Al Jazeera reports.

In a statement on its official Telegram channel, Hamas said Israel’s crimes are acts of “collective punishment” that amount to “ethnic cleansing”, while it called on the international community to “stop remaining silent and to bring war criminals to justice”.