The leader of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has accused Israel of committing massacres in the Gaza war to cover its own defeats. Israel is “committing barbaric massacres against unarmed civilians”, he said in a video message, adding that “its villainy will not save them from resounding defeat”. He said that Israeli hostages held in the besieged Gaza Strip were subject to the same “death and destruction” that Palestinians have faced.
