Hamas has lashed out at the UN Security Council’s weak and dubious statement on the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla carrying relief aid for besieged Gaza, urging all world countries to cut diplomatic ties with the Zionist regime.

According to Press TV, Head of Hamas’ Political Bureau, Khaled Mash’al, said on Tuesday evening “What the Security Council did today, under the shadow of a US pressure and veto, is a betrayal of humanity and not just for the people of Gaza and their supporters.”

He called for punishment of Israel, saying: We call for the trial of Israeli War Minister Ehud Barak, Premier Benjamin Netanyahu and all Zionist leaders as war criminals.”

Mash’al called on US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to “take the bold initiative of a historic decision to break the blockade on Gaza and force Israel to do that.”