Organisation of Islamic Cooperation calls for action to halt Israeli attacks on Gaza
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation urged the international community to take responsibility for halting the Israeli attacks on Gaza, stressing the need to provide urgent assistance and international protection to the Palestinian people.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation urged the international community to take responsibility for halting the Israeli attacks on Gaza, stressing the need to provide urgent assistance and international protection to the Palestinian people.
Israel's attacks on Gaza reached its most severe dimension last night. Targeting the entire infrastructure of the blockaded city, Israeli forces are endeavoring to expand the area of the land operation by cutting off the communication of the Palestinians to the world. Nearly 2 and a half million people are living in Gaza, where they are facing death in a narrow area, and the picture is deteriorating day by day.
While the developments were being followed with concern, yesterday the United Nations (UN)General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a draft resolution calling for "an immediate, permanent and sustained humanitarian ceasefire and cessation of hostilities" in Gaza. Following the UN resolution yesterday, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation also called for a ceasefire.
According to a written statement on the website of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Secretary General Hussein Ibrahim Taha sent a message to many international actors, including the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
CALL TO WORLD TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
In these messages, Taha called on the international community to take responsibility for halting Israel's attacks on Gaza and called for urgent assistance and international protection for the Palestinian people who are being subjected to war crimes.
"Gaza is facing a violation of international law and international humanitarian law, with thousands of casualties, as well as the deliberate destruction of infrastructure and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people," Taha emphasized.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is an international organization with 57 members, a legal entity under international law, established in September 1969 in Rabat, the capital of Morocco,to gather Islamic countries under its umbrella.
Member Countries: The OIC has 57 members.
Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Djibouti, Chad, Indonesia, Morocco, Cote d’Ivoire, Palestine, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Iraq, Iran, Cameroon, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Comoros, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Maldives, Malaysia, Mali, Egypt, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Surinam, Syria*, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Oman, Jordan, Yemen.
LATEST SITUATION IN GAZA
Due to Israel's intense attacks in the blockaded Gaza Strip, landline, mobile phone, and internet communication services in the region were completely cut off.
The Israeli army announced that it has increased air strikes and will expand its ground operations.
Shifa Hospital, the largest health facility in Gaza with thousands of wounded and civilians, was also targeted by the Israeli army.
WHAT HAPPENED
Hamas' military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, announced that they launched a comprehensive attack against Israel called "Al-Aqsa Flood" on the morning of October 7.
While thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza towards Israel, armed groups entered the settlements in the region. The Israeli army also launched an attack on the Gaza Strip with dozens of warplanes.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that Israel killed 7 thousand 28 people, including 2 thousand 913 children, 1709 women and 397 elderly people, and injured 18 thousand 484 people in its attacks on Gaza.
It was reported that 1400 Israelis, including 306 soldiers, were killed and 5 thousand 132 Israelis were wounded in the attacks from Gaza.
The Israeli army hit Damascus and Aleppo airports. As the Middle East is once again turning into a bloodbath, a deadline has been set for nearly 2 and a half million Palestinians to leave the blockaded Gaza.
In the occupied West Bank, 106 Palestinians were killed in attacks by Israeli forces and Jewish settlers.
In Israel's attacks on Gaza, 25 journalists were killed.
In the clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah on the Israel-Lebanon border since October 8, 46 Hezbollah members and 4 civilians, one of whom was a journalist, were killed. Three Israeli soldiers and one Israeli civilian were killed in the attacks organized by Lebanon.
Most recently, Israel attacked the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, killing civilians.
Source: Anadolu Agency
