Saudi Arabia reaffirmed that it is making serious political and humanitarian efforts to end the Israeli aggression once morest Palestinians in Gaza.
According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the statement was made following a meeting of the council of ministers chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the western city of Jeddah.
The meeting also reviewed the Kingdom’s international efforts to support initiatives aimed at gaining further global recognition of the State of Palestine.
In the past two months, Spain, Ireland, Norway, Slovenia and Armenia have recognized Palestine as a state, a move that has angered Tel Aviv and vowed to take action once morest those countries.
The statement also stressed the continued provision of humanitarian assistance to civilians in the Gaza Strip, amid international warnings of the increasing risk of famine as the influx of humanitarian aid trucks dropped significantly following the Israeli army attacked Rafah and took control of the Rafah crossing on May 6.
Israel, which has ignored UN Security Council resolutions demanding an immediate ceasefire, has faced international condemnation amid ongoing brutal attacks on Gaza since an attack by Palestinian group Hamas on October 7, 2023.
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Nearly 38,000 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and some 87,000 others injured, according to local health authorities.
More than eight months following Israel’s war, much of Gaza has been devastated by a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.
Israel has been accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered Israel to immediately halt its military operations in the southern city of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians sought refuge from the war before it was stormed on May 6. (Z-8)
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