Hamas calls US-backed group a 'filthy tool' after aid worker deaths

FE Team | Published: June 13, 2025 00:42:36

Women cry as they mourn the death of a loved one killed during overnight Israeli bombardment on Thursday, at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City --AFP

GAZA, June 12 (AFP): Hamas accused a US- and Israeli-backed aid organisation in Gaza of becoming a "filthy tool" of Israeli forces Thursday, following its allegation that Hamas militants had killed eight aid workers.
"The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has become a filthy tool in the hands of the occupying army, used to lure civilians into deadly traps," the Hamas government media office in Gaza told AFP, without addressing the charity's accusation that Hamas was behind the aid workers' deaths. Meanwhile, the UN General Assembly was set to vote Thursday on demanding an unconditional ceasefire in Gaza a week after the United States used its veto to stop a similar push in the Security Council.
Like the text blocked by Washington to protect its Israeli allies, the draft resolution before the General Assembly calls for "an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire."
It also demands "the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages" seized during the unprecedented Hamas attack inside Israel on October 7, 2023 that sparked the war in Gaza.