Abbas calls Hamas ‘sons of dogs’ and demands release of hostages

Mahmoud Abbas described Hamas as “the children of dogs” in a fiery speech in which he demanded the group to release the hostages that he still retains, removes them, and surrenders to control Gaza in order to end the war with Israel.

The head of the Palestinian Authority told a meeting in the occupied West Bank that Hamas gave Israel “excuses” to continue its attacks on Gaza, and told it “to release the hostages and do them.”

The observations were the strongest against the group that the president made since the war began 18 months ago.

An official in Hamas condemned what he called “the degrading language” of Aubas towards “a large percentage … from his people.”

Last week, the group rejected an Israeli proposal for a new ceasefire in Gaza, which included a request for disarmament for a six -week stop in hostilities and the issuance of 10 of 59 of the remaining hostages.

Hamas reiterated that it would hand over all the hostages in exchange for ending the war and complete Israeli withdrawal. She also excluded abandoning her weapons.

The Palestinian Authority, which is led by Abbas and dominated by his movement, is governing parts of the West Bank only since Hamas took control of Gaza in 2007, that is, a year after winning the legislative elections.

The Palestinian Authority Command has regularly insisted that it is ready to take over Gaza after the war. But it was criticized by the Palestinians for not speaking enough or taking effective measures.

Abbas criticized in Hamas in an angry speech in Ramallah.

“It gave the enthusiasm of the criminal occupation [Israel] He said that excuses for their crimes in the Gaza Strip, the most prominent of which is the hostage of the hostages.

“The children of dogs, just released those who held it and ended with it. Close their excuses and spare us.”

The president also said that Hamas should “hand over” the responsibility of Gaza and its weapons to the Palestinian Authority, and to turn into a political party.

A member of the Political Bureau of Lahmas, Bassim Nayem, criticized the decision of Abbas “describing an important and integrated part of his people using a humiliating language,” according to the news agency.

“Abbas repeatedly puts the blame for the crimes of the occupation and its ongoing aggression against our people,” he added.

Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have been divided bitterly for decades, with their cracking to ensure that no unified Palestinian leadership in both the West Bank and Gaza was able.

Abbas, 89, is considered unrelated by many Palestinians.

He remained in power without election for many years, as he heads the Palestinian Authority, whose critics are seen as ineffective at best and corruption in the worst case. Hamas mainly accused her of cooperation with Israel.

Israel began to block all delivery operations from humanitarian aid and commercial supplies to Gaza on March 2 and resumed its attack after two weeks, saying that the pressure would force Hamas to launch the remaining hostages.

Since then, at least 1928 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health in the region.

On Tuesday night, 10 people were killed in an Israeli air strike in a school in the northeast neighborhood of Toufah in Gaza City, which was used as a shelter for displaced families, according to the Hamas Civil Defense Agency.

The Civil Defense said that the first respondents regained four other bodies of attacks on two houses in the same area.

The Israeli army said it was verifying the reports.

Meanwhile, the United Nations warned that the 52 -day Israeli siege deprived the 2.1 million Gaza population of “basic necessities for human survival.” She reported a high malnutrition and a severe lack of drugs in hospitals.

On Wednesday, foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France and Germany called for Israel to end the siege, saying it was “unbearable.”

A joint statement said that Israel was obligated under international law to allow aid connections: “We urge Israel to restart a rapid and affected flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza in order to meet the needs of all civilians.”

However, Israel insisted that it is fully acting to international law and that enough food supplies and other aid to Gaza have been delivered during a two -month ceasefire to keep the population alive for several months.

The Israeli army launched a campaign to destroy Hamas in response to an unprecedented attack across the border on October 7, 2023, where about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken into account.

More than 51,300 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the Ministry of Health in the region.