9/6/2024–|Last updated: 6/9/202401:09 AM (Mecca time)
On Saturday evening, Palestine called for an emergency session of the UN Security Council to be held to discuss the repercussions of the Nuseirat camp massacre committed by the Israeli occupation forces in the central Gaza Strip, amid Arab and international condemnation of the massacre.
The official Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) said that President Mahmoud Abbas instructed the representative of the State of Palestine to the United Nations to request that this session be held, noting that Abbas is conducting extensive contacts with the relevant Arab and international parties, “in order to hold the emergency session, to determine the role assigned to the Council.” To stop the Israeli aggression, and force the occupying state to abide by the resolutions of international legitimacy, which call for an immediate ceasefire.”
Abbas explained that the international community must intervene urgently to stop the tragedy of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, because the Israeli occupation takes advantage of international silence and American support to continue its crimes that violate all resolutions of international legitimacy and international law, according to the agency.
Systematic targeting
In the Arab world, Jordan condemned the brutal Israeli attack on the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, on Saturday, considering it a systematic targeting of Palestinian civilians and a continuation of war crimes in the Strip.
The Jordanian Foreign Ministry considered in a statement that the attack represents a practice that reflects the systematic targeting of Palestinian civilians, the Israeli persistence in violating international law and international humanitarian law, and continuing to commit war crimes, and affirmed its absolute condemnation and denunciation of Israel’s continued commitment of genocide crimes in the Gaza Strip, which is suffering an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. As a result of the Israeli aggression against it since last October 7.
The Jordanian Foreign Ministry stressed that the attack is a flagrant violation of international law, international legitimacy resolutions, and the international will calling for an end to the war that has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of innocent civilians, and called on the entire international community, especially the Security Council, to take immediate and urgent action to stop the war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza, and to oblige it to As the occupying power, to comply with the rules of international law and international humanitarian law and stop its senseless war on the Gaza Strip.
Egypt also condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli attacks on the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, calling for international intervention to stop the ongoing war on Gaza.
In a statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry described these attacks as a blatant violation of all provisions of international law, international humanitarian law, and all values of humanity and human rights, and held Israel legally and morally responsible for the “blatant attack.”
Egypt demanded that Israel comply with its obligations as an occupying power, and stop the indiscriminate targeting of Palestinians, including the areas to which they were displaced, and the wanton destruction of all infrastructure services in the Gaza Strip. It also called on influential international parties and the Security Council to intervene immediately to stop the Israeli war against the Gaza Strip. Responsible action to end the humanitarian crisis that has claimed the lives of more than 36,000 martyrs.
She stressed the inevitability of reaching a ceasefire in the entire Gaza Strip, and the complete and unhindered entry of humanitarian and relief aid from all land crossings into the Strip.
In Tehran, Iranian official media quoted the Iranian Foreign Ministry as saying on Saturday that the Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza is the result of the “inaction” of world governments and the United Nations Security Council.
Ministry spokesman Nasser Al-Kanaani said, “These horrific and shocking crimes… are the result of the inaction of governments and responsible international bodies, including the United Nations Security Council, regarding the war crimes and violations committed by the Zionist regime for 8 months.”
European condemnation
In Brussels, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell condemned on Saturday the Israeli massacre committed by the Israeli army against civilians in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, saying that the reports received about another massacre against civilians are horrific.
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Earlier Saturday, 210 Palestinians were martyred and more than 400 were injured in a massacre committed by Israeli forces after a violent artillery and air bombardment targeted the Nuseirat camp.
Israel has continued its devastating war on the Gaza Strip since last October 7, which left more than 120,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, despite the International Criminal Court’s intention to issue international arrest warrants against its Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and its Defense Minister, Yoav Galant, for their responsibility for war crimes and crimes. against humanity.
Israel also ignores a resolution from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire, and orders from the International Court of Justice to take immediate measures to prevent acts of genocide and improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
