ISLAMABAD, Saturday, June 29, 2024 (WAFA) – Pakistan today condemned the ongoing Israeli aggression on Palestinian defenseless civilians in the Gaza Strip, according to Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Speaking in the weekly press briefing, the Spokesperson for Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch stated that her country decries indiscriminate Israeli bombing that targeted civilians’ houses in Beit Lahia in the northern Strip and resulted in a number of fatalities and casualties.

It added that Israel has been committing war crimes against Gaza population and called for an immediate ceasefire to prevent more civilian victims.

Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in complete disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel in a legally binding decision to halt its military offensive in Rafah, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention.

Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 37,834 Palestinians and injuring over 86,858 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.