In a video message broadcast by the movement via Telegram, Al-Hayya called on scholars to shoulder their responsibilities and lead the masses in support of Gaza. He also called for severing political, diplomatic, and trade ties with Israel and activating the boycott.
Al-Hayya pointed out that Hamas showed great flexibility in the negotiations and engaged positively with the mediators, but Israel withdrew from the negotiations under American pressure and is using them as cover to implement a plan to displace Palestinians from Rafah abroad.
He warned against the occupation's continued control of aid and its transformation into "death traps," stressing that "the immediate and dignified entry of food and medicine to our people is a serious and true expression of the viability of continuing negotiations. We will not accept that our people, their suffering, and the blood of their sons be victims of the occupation's negotiating games and the achievement of its political goals."
Al-Hayya criticized the Israeli airdrops of aid, describing them as "farcical plays" that do not obviate the need to open the crossings.
He also held Arab and Islamic countries responsible for what was happening, saying that Gaza was being slaughtered live on air amid official failure, calling for practical action to break the siege.
He made a special appeal to the people of Egypt and Jordan, urging them not to allow Gaza to starve to death on their doorsteps. He warned of the role of the Rafah crossing, which has become a "death crossing," and called on Egypt to take a decisive stance.
Al-Hayya praised the popular and military initiatives supporting Gaza from Arab and Islamic countries, stressing that the Strip is facing a deadly famine amid an ongoing Israeli war of extermination since October 7, 2023, which has left more than 204,000 dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 9,000 missing.
According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, the death toll from famine and malnutrition has risen to 133, including 87 children. Israel has continued to close the crossings to aid since March 2, amid warnings of a mass death toll threatening more than 100,000 children.
