Hamas has released a statement on the situation in Gaza before International Workers’ Day.

Al Jazeera has their translated comments:

• The suffering of Palestinian workers is part of the tragedy our people are experiencing as a result of the occupation, which has continued for more than seven decades and has been escalating for more than 18 months.
• The [Israeli] occupation’s crimes against Palestinian workers are systematic crimes aimed at disrupting all aspects of human life, in flagrant violation of all international laws and conventions.
• We reiterate our rejection of all forms of targeting of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees by the occupation and its supporters.
• We specifically call on labour unions in the transport and port sectors to escalate the boycott of Zionist and international shipping companies involved in supporting the occupation and supplying it with weapons used to kill civilians and commit crimes of genocide and ethnic cleansing against our people.