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Hamas says Miliband glimpsed only fraction of Gaza's catastrophe
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Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said Monday that British Foreign Secretary David Miliband's account of hearing harrowing testimonies about humanitarian conditions in Gaza represents only a tiny portion of the suffering there, Shehab Wire reported.
Qassem's statement suggested the scale of the crisis vastly exceeds what Miliband described during his recent visit to the region, implying that the British official's exposure to conditions on the ground fell far short of the full magnitude of the disaster.
The Hamas spokesman's remarks came after Miliband spoke publicly about the distressing accounts he had collected regarding the humanitarian emergency affecting Palestinians in the enclave. Qassem did not elaborate on specific conditions or provide additional details about the nature and extent of the humanitarian situation in Gaza beyond his assertion that Miliband's observations captured only a minor glimpse of what he characterized as an enormous catastrophe.
