'Israeli atrocities amount to war crimes' - Hamas chief

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A picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with Gaza shows smoke plumes rising above buildings during an Israeli strike on the northern Gaza Strip on October 14, 2023. - Photo by AFP

GAZA STRIPS - Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday accused Israel of committing war crimes and preventing humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip, as Israel pounds the blockaded territory with air strikes.

"Israeli atrocities amount to war crimes," he said in a letter addressed to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that was posted on the Palestinian group's website.

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Haniyeh also condemned the "barbaric Israeli siege imposed" on the Palestinian territory, charging that "the Israeli occupation is banning entry of humanitarian aid and medical supplies to the Gaza Strip".

He urged Guterres to pressure Israel into letting humanitarian aid enter into Gaza. - AFP

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