With deep sorrow and pain, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas is following up on the news about the death cases of Palestinians after a migrant boat sank off the shores of Tunisia and Greece.

Hamas extends sincere condolences to and solidarity with the victims’ families and prays to Allah to bestow patience upon them and have mercy on the victims.

We call for Palestinian, Arab, and international support of Palestinian refugees and hold the Israeli occupation responsible for the suffering of our people who are oppressed, deprived of their right to return to their lands from which they were forcibly displaced, and forced to live under the Israeli occupation’s siege.