#GazaUnderAttack | Hamas: Arab gov’ts bystanders to killing of Palestinian kids
AUGUST 13, 2014 
A Palestinian man mourns over the body of a 17-year-old boy who was killed by an Israeli military strike during his burial ceremony at a mosque in the town of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip, August 10, 2014.
Representative of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas in Iran has criticized Arab governments for acting as “bystanders” to the Israeli regime’s slaughter of Palestinian children.
On Wednesday, Khaled al-Qaddumi expressed regret over the Arab governments’ muted stances on the Israeli war on Gaza, noting that their positions do not befit the Palestinian resistance’s performance and its achievements.
“The Arab governments are today witnessing the killing of Palestinian children but they are bystanders and doing nothing,” he said.
Qaddumi, however, appreciated as “very progressive” the stances adopted by Arab and Islamic nations in the face of the Israeli atrocities against Gazans, including the children in the densely-populated enclave.
The Hamas official said children account for 40 percent of the Palestinians killed in Tel Aviv’s recent military assault on the besieged Gaza Strip.
The remarks came a week after the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned that about 373,000 Gaza kids were in urgent need of psychological and social support to overcome the trauma they have experienced during Israel’s deadly offensive against the blockaded enclave.
Over the past month, people have been holding massive demonstrations in different countries across the world, including a number of Arab states, in support of the innocent Palestinians in the coastal sliver.
Israel launched the latest war against the Gaza Strip on July 8. More than 1,940 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have lost their lives and nearly 10,000 have been wounded in the Israeli military attacks.
Palestinian and Israeli officials are currently involved in indirect talks in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to extend a truce between the two sides that came into effect at 2100 GMT on Sunday.
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