Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha on Monday strongly condemned the continued and escalating Israeli military aggression against the Gaza Strip, persisting for twenty-three days in a row. \u201cThis relentless assault has resulted in butchering thousands of martyrs and wounding innocent civilians, including women, children, medical personnel and journalists, in addition to the deliberate destruction of buildings, hospitals, schools, places of worship, and United Nations facilities,\u201d OIC Secretariat in Jeddah said in a press statement.<\/p>\n
Israel still threatened to bomb hospitals, in addition to continuing to prevent access to food, medicine, water, and electricity, which constituted collective punishment, war crimes, and flagrant violation of international law and international humanitarian law, it was added. https:\/\/x.com\/OIC_OCI\/status\/1718918213982159273?t=wjhrpJ7NvJwkD6wreqD1cA&s=08 The secretary-general also affirmed the OIC\u2019s rejection and condemnation of the escalation of acts of murder, incitement, and organized terrorism committed by extremist settler groups and Israeli occupation forces against Palestinian citizens throughout the West Bank, including the occupied city of Al-Quds. These criminal acts have tragically led to the martyrdom of more than 115 Palestinian citizens since the beginning of the month. \u201cHe holds Israel, the occupying power, fully responsible for the continuation of these criminal acts,\u201d the press statement said. At the same time, the secretary-general renewed his call on the international community to intervene urgently to force Israel, the occupying power, to stop its brutal aggression against the Palestinian people immediately and to oblige it to respect and implement international law and relevant United Nations resolutions, and to ensure the opening of permanent humanitarian corridors to facilitate the access of medicines and food supplies and basic needs of the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha on Monday strongly condemned the continued and escalating Israeli military aggression against the Gaza Strip, persisting for twenty-three days in a row. \u201cThis relentless assault has resulted in butchering thousands of martyrs and wounding innocent civilians, including women, children, medical personnel and journalists, in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1048],"class_list":{"0":"post-364978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-oic"},"yoast_head":"\n