The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has denounced as an expression of Nazism the racist and inflammatory remarks recently made by hard-right Israeli heritage minister Amichai Eliyahu, who called for dropping an atomic bomb on the besieged Gaza Strip.
Eliyahu said in an interview with Israel’s Radio Kol Berama on Sunday that using an atomic bomb against Palestinians in Gaza was “one of the possibilities,” and insisted that allowing any humanitarian aid into the blockaded area was wrong.
“The statement by Eliyahu that throwing a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip is one of the solutions did not come out of nowhere, but rather is an expression of the level of decadence, Nazism, and sadism that is taking place in the corridors and minds of this occupying entity,” Hamas said in a press release.
The Palestinian resistance movement added that the illegal entity is founded on killing and genocide, and treating others as animals.
Hamas called the Israeli occupation leaders Nazi terrorists and urged the international community, the United Nations, and the relevant international courts to take the necessary urgent measures to stop the occupying regime’s war in the Gaza Strip and to hold its authorities accountable for their horrific crimes.
“International silence or inaction would encourage these murderous terrorists to continue the massacre of the century and the war of extermination against our people,” the press release said. “It will turn the entire region into a volcano of flames that threatens the region and the world.”
The unprecedented Israeli bombardment of Gaza began on October 7, when Hamas-led Palestinian resistance groups launched Operation Al-Aqsa Storm in the occupied territories in response to the regime’s intensified crimes against Palestinians.
The death toll from Israel’s genocidal attacks has reached at least 9,770 people. More than 26,000 people, mostly women, children and the elderly, have been wounded as well.
The regime has also cut off one of the most densely populated places in the world from basic supplies, such as water, electricity, and fuel. Shortage of medical supplies and food have left 2.3 million Palestinians at risk of starvation.
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Arab League slam Israeli minister’s remarks
In a related development on Sunday, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and the Arab League condemned the extremist statements by Eliyahu.
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry said not dismissing the minister from the cabinet immediately and merely freezing his membership reflects the height of Israeli disdain for all human, moral, religious, and legal standards and values.
In a statement, the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs censured the incendiary remarks as a call for genocide and a hate crime that cannot be tolerated, reiterating that the remarks are a condemnable incitement to murder and committing more war crimes against the people of the Gaza Strip.
Such statements represent a flagrant and unacceptable violation of international norms and international humanitarian law, and a dangerous escalation that requires the international community to act immediately to address them, the statement said.
The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the international community must confront hate speech through effective steps that would oblige Israel to stop its continuing attacks on the Palestinian people in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Moreover, Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said in a post on his X social media account that the statements reinforce the reality of the “racist view” of the Israelis towards the Palestinian people.
Aboul-Gheit said these statements reveal the true face of Israel and everyone who defends it in the West.
