Hamas spokesman, Hazem Kassem: We hold Israel and the relevant international bodies, including the so-called Peace Council and its representative, Nikolai Mladenov, responsible for the humanitarian disaster in Gaza and the drowning of hundreds of families in their tents, and we see the inability of the international community to compel Israel to lift the blockade, and we call on the Arab League to act urgently to save the Gaza Strip.

Hamas spokesman, Hazem Kassem: We hold Israel and the relevant international bodies, including the so-called Peace Council and its representative, Nikolai Mladenov, responsible for the humanitarian disaster in Gaza and the drowning of hundreds of families in their tents, and we see the inability of the international community to compel Israel to lift the blockade, and we call on the Arab League to act urgently to save the Gaza Strip.