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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Ongoing Israeli crimes in Gaza 'a coup' against the agreement: Hamas</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time">May 23, 2026</div>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><p>Hamas
says Israeli attacks on Gaza constitute a \u201cclear coup\u201d against
ceasefire understandings, as continued bombardment, displacement, and
worsening humanitarian conditions raise fears of a deepening catastrophe
in the Strip.</p><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
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Residents inspect the rubble of a building that was
destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip,
Saturday, May 23, 2026. (<em>AP</em>)
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<p>The spokesperson for the Hamas Resistance movement, Hazem Qassem, stated that <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-attack-on-civilian-vehicle-in-gaza-leaves-two-martyr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the ongoing Israeli crimes, violations, and continued escalation</a>
against the Gaza Strip, exemplified overnight by the bombardment of
residential homes and the displacement of their civilians, constitute a
\u201cclear coup against the understandings and agreements reached under the
sponsorship of the mediators.\u201d</p>
<p>In a statement published on Saturday, Qassem said the understandings
\u201cstipulated the withdrawal of the criminal occupation forces and the
prevention of imposing new realities on the ground,\u201d yet the occupation
has \u201ccontinued its bombardment, destruction, and incursions into
civilian residential areas in an attempt to impose a fait accompli and
tighten the siege on our people.\u201d</p>
<p>He stressed that what is taking place cannot be considered isolated
violations, but rather a systematic aggression and a blatant disregard
for mediation efforts and guarantees, as well as a continuation of
policies of blockade, starvation, and killing targeting more than two
million people in Gaza.</p>
<p>Qassem also called on the mediators and the parties that witnessed
the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement and the so-called Peace Council to <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-attacks-in-gaza-kill-palestinian--wound-14-others" target="_blank" rel="noopener">take urgent action to halt these serious violations</a> and compel the occupation to uphold its commitments and reverse its criminal escalations.</p>
<p>On Friday, Israeli occupation forces continued violating the
ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip through artillery shelling,
gunfire, and demolition operations targeting multiple areas, resulting
in martyrs and injuries, alongside the systematic destruction of
residential units and mounting warnings of a worsening health
catastrophe.</p>
<h2>'Miserable' humanitarian conditions</h2>
<p>On the humanitarian front, the World Health Organization\u2019s representative in the Palestinian territories said <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-aggression-on-residential-building-in-gaza-kills-8--woun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conditions in the Gaza Strip are \u201cmiserable,\u201d</a>
warning that thousands of wounded Palestinians are not receiving the
urgent and necessary medical care needed to save their lives.</p>
<p>The UN official noted that most of the wounded are in urgent need of
transfer outside the Strip to receive specialized treatment due to the
collapse of the local healthcare system.</p>
<p>The WHO representative further stressed that the immediate entry of
medical equipment and supplies has become an absolute necessity, not
only to treat patients and the wounded, but also to contain the spread
of infections, diseases, and epidemics inside hospitals and overcrowded
displacement shelters.</p>
<h2>UN warns of 'ethnic cleansing'</h2>
<p>The United Nations has also recently called on the Israeli occupation to <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/un-warns-of--ethnic-cleansing--across-palestinian-territory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">put an end to \u201cacts of genocide\u201d in Gaza</a>, while warning of escalating \u201cethnic cleansing\u201d across the Palestinian territory and the occupied West Bank.</p>
<p>In a report published Monday, the UN Human Rights Office said its
investigation into Israeli military operations in Gaza through May 2025
found that the occupation committed \u201cserious violations of international
humanitarian law,\u201d which, in many cases, "may" amount to war crimes and
other atrocity crimes.</p>
<p>The report noted that although the Israeli occupation claimed its
military operation sought the return of captives and targeted military
objectives, many of the killings documented by investigators were deemed
unlawful.</p>
<p>According to Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry, nearly 73,000 people have been
killed since the war began, while several international investigations,
including inquiries by the United Nations and the International
Association of Genocide Scholars, have concluded that the Israeli war on
Gaza constitutes genocide.</p>
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