Hamas: Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ must stop Israel’s killing in Gaza
Al Jazeera
‘War of genocide against the Strip is still ongoing’, Hamas says, warning the board not to act as ‘cover’.
Hamas pressed President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” to force Israel to stop the “ongoing violations” of the Gaza deal brokered by the United States last October.
The controversial body’s first formal meeting takes place on Thursday in Washington, DC as beleaguered Palestinians in the war-battered territory wait for the second phase of the peace agreement to fully come into force.
“The war of genocide against the Strip is still ongoing – through killing, displacement, siege, and starvation – which has not stopped until this very moment,” Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said in a video statement.
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