Hamas: "What the war criminal Netanyahu wants to do is continue his strategy of genocide."

"What the war criminal Netanyahu wants is to continue his strategy of genocide and displacement by committing more crimes against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip , "the Palestinian organization Hamas has denounced in a statement, recalling that the International Criminal Court ordered the arrest of the Israeli prime minister for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Hours earlier, in an interview with American television Fox News, the Israeli leader has expressed hisintention to take control of the  Strip for "security" and then to hand it over to "a transitional government led by Arab forces," denying rumours about total annexation of Palestinian territory.

Hamas urges Arab and Islamic countries and the international community to condemn and reject these "dangerous statements" and to take urgent steps to stop the attack and end the occupation, to empower the people (Palestinian), to exercise their right to self-determination and to hold Israeli leaders accountable.

"Netanyahu's plans to extend the attack undoubtedlyconfirm that he wants to get rid of and sacrifice the prisoners (referring to the Israeli captives) in order to satisfy his personal interests and his extremist ideological agenda. We confirm that Gaza will vigorously combat the occupation efforts , "the Palestinian organization said.

Moreover, "Netanyahu's statements represent a clear change of course in the negotiations and clearly show the real reasons for leaving the last round of meetings, even though they were close to a final agreement," says thenote collected by the newspaper Filastin .

Finally, Hamas has warned Netanyahu that meeting his targets willbe "free"and that Israeli soldiers will "pay dearly."