Hamas Denounces Gaza University Attack as War Crime, Urges Mediator Intervention
Translated & summarized from Arab48 by baba
Hamas declared Israeli airstrikes on Gaza's Islamic University a "war crime" on Sunday, reporting three staff killed and others injured, and urged mediators to intervene. The group accused Israel of violating the Gaza ceasefire with daily raids and preventing aid, leading to over 1,551 Palestinian deaths and 5,573 injuries. Local sources also noted the Israeli army expanding its controlled territory in Gaza, increasing actual occupation from 53% to over 63% since October 2025.
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- Hamas labeled Israeli airstrikes on Gaza's Islamic University a "war crime" after three staff were killed.
- The group urged mediators to pressure Israel to stop its alleged ongoing crimes against civilians.
- Hamas accused Israel of violating the Gaza ceasefire with daily raids and preventing aid.
- Israeli violations of the ceasefire have resulted in 1,551 Palestinian deaths and 5,573 injuries.
- The Israeli army has expanded its controlled territory in Gaza, increasing occupation to over 63%.
Hamas on Sunday described Israeli airstrikes on the Islamic University campus in Gaza City as a "war crime" and called for immediate intervention by mediators to pressure Israel to halt its actions against civilians. The group stated in a press release that the raids by the "criminal occupation army" on the university campus, while students were present, resulted in the deaths of three university employees and injuries to others. Hamas characterized the attack as a "described war crime" and an extension of an "ongoing extermination war" that has lasted over three years.
The statement further accused the "criminal enemy government" of continuing "flagrant violations" of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, escalating killings and bombings, conducting daily raids on residential areas and displaced persons' camps, and seizing more land by moving the "yellow line" westward. The group also highlighted Israel's prevention of essential food supplies from entering Gaza, disregarding its commitments under the agreement, and the efforts of mediators and guarantor states.
Hamas urged mediators and guarantor states to fulfill their responsibilities, intervene immediately, and pressure the occupation to cease its ongoing crimes against civilians, end the blockade, and provide relief to over two million people facing starvation and daily killing.
Earlier on Sunday, medical sources in Gaza reported that three Palestinians were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike within the Islamic University campus. In a separate incident the same day, five Palestinian students were injured, some critically, when an Israeli shelling targeted a student gathering on campus. The university announced the suspension of administrative and academic activities at its Gaza City campus following the attack.
Despite a ceasefire agreement in effect since October 10, 2025, Israel has continued its aggression in the Strip. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Israeli violations of the ceasefire have resulted in the deaths of 1,551 Palestinians and injuries to 5,573 others as of Sunday.
Local sources reported on Sunday that the Israeli army expanded its control east of Al-Masdar village by shifting the concrete barriers marking the "yellow line" into areas previously outside its control. The "yellow line," defined by ceasefire understandings, separates areas where Palestinians are permitted to be in the west from areas occupied by the Israeli army in the east. Since the agreement took effect, the Israeli army has increased its controlled areas within the Gaza Strip, with actual occupation rising from 53% in October 2025 to over 63%, according to army estimates.
