Hamas has sharply rebuked US President Donald Trump for his "blatant bias" and "glaring double standards" in his recent warnings to the resistance movement, as Israeli forces intensify their ground offensive in Gaza City.
In a statement issued Tuesday morning, Hamas responded to Trump's Monday post on Truth Social, where he claimed to have read reports that the group had relocated Israeli captives above ground in Gaza to use them as "human shields" against the Israeli assault.
Trump described the alleged move as a "human atrocity" and warned that it would mean "ALL 'BETS' ARE OFF," urging the immediate release of all captives.
Hamas dismissed the claims as "Zionist propaganda," arguing that Trump's focus ignores the broader context of Israel's genocidal war.
"The US government is fully aware that it is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has thwarted all attempts to negotiate the release of captives and to halt the brutal genocide occurring in Gaza," the Hamas statement read.
It further stated that the "ongoing systematic destruction and fascist extermination campaign targeting Gaza City" directly endangers the lives of any captured Israeli soldiers, placing responsibility on Netanyahu's "terrorist government."
Hamas also strongly slammed the international community’s failure to stop the Israeli regime’s war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
The movement’s statement came as Israel pressed ahead with its military aggression against Gaza City, demolishing its high-rise buildings and forcefully displacing their residents.
Hamas said the fascist Israeli army’s brutal aggression against Gaza City constitutes a full-fledged crime of ethnic cleansing and genocide.
It added that the regime continues to commit such crimes amid glaring international inaction and lack of decisive will on the part of the international community to stop them and hold their perpetrators accountable.
Hamas stressed that Israel’s crimes will fail to weaken the resolve of Palestinians, who will continue their resistance and make the occupying regime pay dearly for its horrific crimes.
Hamas warned that Israel’s war criminal prime minister bears full responsibility for the fate of captives held in Gaza, and he will not succeed in releasing them through his criminal policies.
The Israeli regime has killed at least 64,905 Palestinians, mainly women and children, in Gaza since October 7, 2023, according to the health ministry of Gaza.
Source: Press TV
