Islamabad (Web Desk): Pakistan on Wednesday condemned Israel’s barbaric attack on the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza that resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries including of women and children.
"The attack is the latest in a series of war crimes being perpetrated against the people of Gaza," the Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement.
The FO said that the situation underlined the urgency of an unconditional ceasefire to protect civilians from further carnage.
"We urge the international community, especially the backers of Israel, to take urgent measures to bring an end to hostilities, lift the siege of Gaza, protect civilians, and facilitate humanitarian corridors for provision of uninterrupted relief supplies to the beleaguered people of Gaza," it said.
Earlier, Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar strongly condemned the rising Israeli hostilities and aggression against civilians in Gaza.
"Yesterday's air raid on Jabalia camp, where hundreds of lives were lost, including women and children, was a stark reminder of ongoing Israeli brutalities and war crimes in Gaza," the premier wrote on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
PM Kakar said such reprehensible acts can never be condoned or forgotten.
He called upon the international community to take urgent steps to stop Israel’s violence.
"The world must act now to end this carnage," he said.
I strongly condemn the rising Israeli hostilities and aggression against civilians in Gaza. Yesterday’s air raid on Jabalia camp, where hundreds of lives were lost, including women and children, was a stark reminder of ongoing Israeli brutalities and war crimes in Gaza. Such…
— Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (@anwaar_kakar) November 1, 2023
At least 100 Palestinians were martyred and over 150 injured in the latest Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza strip on Tuesday.
Israel bombed the refugee camp with 6 highly destructive American bombs, each one weighing a ton of explosives, on one of the heavily populated blocks in Gaza.
