Hamas calls on Arab League summit to 'stop genocide in Gaza'

Hamas has demanded that Arab countries assume their "historical responsibilities" and take steps to end Israel's war and siege on Gaza. 

In a statement coinciding with the 34th Arab League summit convening in Iraq, the Palestinian movement called on neighbouring countries to "stop the genocide in Gaza and impose urgent sanctions on the fascist occupation".

"What is happening is a full-blown genocide being perpetrated before the eyes of a world that stands helpless, while more than two and a half million people are being slaughtered in the besieged Strip," the statement added.