Hamas threatens to prosecute Blinken as ‘a companion within the battle of extermination’



Hamas has threatened to prosecute US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for his alleged position as “a companion within the battle of extermination” in Gaza after the official blamed the phobia group for the failures in reaching a cease-fire settlement.

Osama Hamdan, a member of Hamas’ politburo, slammed Blinken after the Secretary of State’s weekend interview with The New York Occasions, the place he stated the terrorists have been at fault for the continued battle that has decimated Gaza and saved 97 hostages in captivity for greater than 450 days.

“His statements are deceptive and we don’t belief them, and his partnership within the crimes towards our folks might be pursued legally,” Hamadan stated Tuesday at a information convention in Algeria, based on The Occasions of Israel.

Hamas politburo member Osama Hamdan threatened to prosecute US Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the battle in Gaza. AFP by way of Getty Photographs
Secretary of State Antony Blinken blamed Hamas for the on-going battle in Gaza over the phobia group’s repeated rejection of cease-fire proposals. AP

Hamdan denied that Hamas was in charge for the repeated breakdown in negotiations, claiming Palestinians can solely depend on power to finish the battle.

“We’re decided to cease the aggression and for the enemy to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, and for reduction and reconstruction to be with out Israeli situations,” he added.

The Hamas political official repeatedly focused Blinken final 12 months as a “downside” to the continued negotiations, with the Secretary of State’s weekend feedback showing to be the ultimate straw.

Talking with the Occasions on Saturday, Blinken accused Hamas of continually backing out of the cease-fire negotiations to finish the battle that Hamas began when it invaded Israel on Oct. 7 and killed greater than 1,200 folks and kidnapped one other 251 others.

Palestinians have created a makeshift camp alongside the shores in Gaza after most of its cities have been laid to smash. AFP by way of Getty Photographs

“What we’ve seen repeatedly is Hamas not concluding a deal that it ought to have concluded,” Blinken identified. “Israel, on numerous events, has provided secure passage to Hamas’s management and fighters out of Gaza.

“The place is the world? The place is the world saying, Yeah, do this! Finish this! Cease the struggling of individuals that you simply introduced on!” Blinken stated of the obvious one-sided outrage over the battle and its casualties.

Hamas has repeatedly rejected any and all cease-fire agreements offered by mediators as the phobia group stands behind the demand that no hostages are to be launched till Israel agrees to a everlasting finish to the battle and withdrawal from Gaza, which the Jewish state has stated is a non-starter.

Israelis name on their authorities and Hamas to achieve an settlement to free the remaining 97 hostages nonetheless in captivity. Getty Photographs

Israel has maintained that it’ll not finish the battle till all of the hostages are free and Hamas is totally dismantled.

Together with threatening authorized motion towards Blinken, Hamdan took a jab at President-elect Donald Trump, who had warned that there could be “hell to pay” if the hostages weren’t freed earlier than his inauguration on Jan. 20.

“I feel the US president should make extra disciplined and diplomatic statements,” Hamdan stated.

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