Hamas issued a press release condemning the statements of Israeli Knesset member Nissim Vaturi, in which he called for the killing of adult Palestinians in Gaza, considering these statements to be a public incitement to ethnic cleansing, and reflecting the genocidal approach followed by the occupation leaders against the Palestinian people over the past fifteen months.

The movement stressed that such criminal statements are issued by the occupation leaders without any regard for international laws, and with absolute protection from the US administration, which calls for urgent international action to condemn them.

Hamas called on the international community, the United Nations, and international judicial institutions, most notably the International Criminal Court, to hold accountable those responsible for these racist calls and bring them to international justice, in affirmation of the principles of humanity and the protection of the rights of the Palestinian people in their land.