According to Hamas spokesperson Moussa Abu Marzuk, the fact that some 70 Gaza Arabs have been killed in the latest round of fighting between Israel and Hamas is all the fault of US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Kerry, said Abu Marzouk, gave Israel carte blanche “to kill at will” in Gaza when he said earlier this week that Israel had a right to defend itself from Hamas rocket attacks.

“Kerry is responsible for the murder of Gaza's children,” said Abu Marzouk. “[Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu talks to Kerry about the rockets we are firing, but he is really trying to divert attention from his crimes – the destruction of more than 60 homes with American missiles fired by Israel.”

On Tuesday, Kerry spoke to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, and asked him to “act with restraint” in his response to Hamas's pounding of southern Israel. With that, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said that the U.S. supported Israel's right to defend itself.