In response to a Human Rights Watch report that concluded Hamas carried out crimes against humanity during its October 7 attack on Israel:

“We reject the lies and blatant bias towards the occupation and the lack of professionalism and credibility in the Human Rights Watch report

“We demand its withdrawal and an apology

“After 285 days of continuous Zionist crimes against our Palestinian people in Gaza, the likes of which modern history has not witnessed, and after the Zionist entity has become labeled by the international community and its courts as a terrorist committing genocide, the Human Rights Watch report comes to echo the lies told by the occupying army. Note that the Zionists and their media in the beginning of this genocide had started to justify their crimes against our people and tried to get international support, but they retracted their statements after being exposed and demonstrating their false narrative.

“The Human Rights Watch report adopted the entire Israeli false narrative and moved away from the scientific, research-based methodology and did not adopt a neutral, legal position and hence became more like an Israeli propaganda document.”“Press Release,” Hamas - Online English Telegram Channel, July 17, 2024.