[News] Hamas: Continued killing of women and children in Gaza escalates genocide, undermines ceasefire

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Hamas: Continued killing of women and children in Gaza escalates genocide,
undermines ceasefire

Monday 21-September-2026
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genocide, undermines ceasefire]

GAZA, (PIC)

Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said the Israeli occupation army’s
continued killing of women and children in the Gaza Strip, including on
Monday, represents an escalation of the ongoing genocide, despite the
ceasefire agreement signed in Sharm el-Sheikh nearly a year ago.

In a statement, Qassem said the silence of the Peace Council and its
institutions, as well as its failure to clearly identify Israel as the
party undermining the ceasefire agreement, was unacceptable and could not
continue.

He warned that attempts by the Peace Council, Mladenov and the US mediator
to justify Israeli violations, while considering the upcoming Israeli
elections in their response, would provide cover for further attacks and
undermine the ceasefire agreement.

Qassem called on Arab and Islamic countries participating in the Peace
Council to take a clear and practical position on Israel’s continuing
attacks and violations, saying the council had failed to stop them despite
clear Palestinian adherence to the ceasefire agreement.

On the ground, the Israeli occupation army has continued its violations of
the ceasefire for the 347th day since the truce was declared in October
2025, despite understandings reached in July 2026 regarding the
implementation of the second phase of the agreement.

According to the figures cited, 1,394 Palestinians have been killed and
4,839 others injured since the ceasefire took effect.

On Monday, Israeli forces intensified artillery shelling and tank and
military-vehicle fire in eastern and southern Gaza. Israeli warplanes also
carried out airstrikes on residential buildings in the northeastern Bureij
refugee camp in central Gaza, killing and injuring a number of
Palestinians, including women and children.

The developments come amid continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire
and growing warnings that attacks on civilians could further undermine the
understandings intended to consolidate the truce and protect Palestinians
in the Gaza Strip.
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