Turkey and Pakistan have strongly condemned Israel’s air strikes on the Gaza Strip, which yesterday killed more than a dozen Palestinians.
Israel yesterday launched a series of air strikes against the Palestinian resistance movement Islamic Jihad and one of its top commanders, Taysir al-Jabari, prompting the group and its allies in the Gaza Strip to retaliate by firing rockets at Palestinian forces. occupation.
According to the latest statement from the Gaza Ministry of Health, the airstrikes caused 13 deaths, including that of a 5-year-old girl, as well as wounding some 114 other Palestinians.
Stating that it is “unacceptable that civilians, including children, lose their lives in the attacks,” Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said it is “deeply concerned about the heightened tension in the region after the attacks. We insist on the need to put an end to these events before they escalate into a new spiral of conflict.”
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Pakistan also condemned the airstrikes, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif calling them “the latest act of Israeli terrorism”. He stated on his Twitter account that “if impunity and barbarism had a face, it would be that of Israel, which has attacked the Palestinians regardless of the consequences.” Pakistan strongly condemns the Israeli air strikes.”
Martyrdom of 10 Palestinians including 5-year-old girl in Gaza is latest act of Israeli terrorism.If impunity & barbarism had a face, it would have been that of Israel, which has targeted Palestinians without any care for consequences.Pakistan strongly condemns Israeli airstrikes
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) August 6, 2022
For his part, the United Nations envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, stopped short of condemning the Israeli attack, although he did say he was “deeply concerned” about the escalation and “saddened” by the girl’s murder. 5 years.
He called on “all parties to avoid a new escalation”, reiterating that the UN is “fully committed” to all parties to “avoid a new conflict that would have devastating consequences, mainly for civilians”.
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