The Cradle ✔

❗️Statement by Hamas: "In response to the claims of the Zionist enemy army to justify targeting the Nasser Medical Hospital Complex in Khan Yunis, the southern Gaza Strip, in which it alleged that the hospital and its surroundings were used for military purposes and as a headquarters for directing activity against its forces, the Hamas Movement affirms that these false narratives are nothing but a blatant attempt to cover up a new war crime committed against a civilian medical facility protected under international law. The occupation's claims that the Resistance used the vicinity of the Nasser hospital as a headquarters for directing operations against its forces represent a blatant attempt to justify a heinous crime targeting a civilian medical facility with a known function and mandate. The nature of the targeted location and the losses inflicted on patients, doctors, and medical staff expose the falsehood and triviality of this narrative—especially since the occupation had previously promoted the same claims to justify its crime at the Nasser hospital when it targeted it and killed five journalists on 25 August, 2025, confirming that these are repeated lies used as cover for committing crimes against civilians and medical facilities. The targeting of the hospital's surgical building resulted in the killing and injury of patients and healthcare workers, and put the building out of service, in a new crime added to the series of massacres and ongoing genocide against our Palestinian people. We call upon the international community and the UN to take effective measures to stop these crimes, prosecute the occupation leaders, and prevent their impunity, which has provided cover for continuing the genocide and violations against our Palestinian people. We also call upon international press outlets and media and rights groups to pressure for allowing foreign journalists and international media into Gaza, after years of banning them by the occupation, in an attempt to conceal the truth and prevent independent coverage that exposes its crimes and refutes its misleading narratives."