Islamabad (Web Desk/Agencies): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday strongly condemned an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter for displaced Palestinians in Gaza city and said that attack upon a children’s school was an open aggression and barbarity which had no precedent in the history.
“Israel has crossed all limits in its open aggression,” PM Office Media Wing, in a press release, quoted the prime minister as saying.
The prime minister called upon the international community, including the United Nations, to take practical steps to stop the ongoing Israeli aggression.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reiterated Pakistan’s demand of holding the leadership of Israel and its armed forces accountable for the genocide of Palestinians and war crimes.
Israel should be given strict punishment for its gruesome crimes, he said and stressed upon implementation of a verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel.
The prime minister also reaffirmed Pakistan’s all-out moral and diplomatic support to the Palestinian brothers and sisters.
He prayed for the high ranks of shuhada who lost their lives in the attack and expressed condolences with the bereaved families.
Earlier today, more than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded on Saturday morning when the Israeli military bombed the Al-Taba’een school in the Al-Daraj neighbourhood in eastern Gaza.
According to international media reports, citing the Palestinian news agency, Wafa, the strikes hit when people sheltering at the school were performing fajr prayers, leading to many casualties.
Medics had not yet been able to reach all the bodies, the reports said.
The school was housing displaced civilians. Dozens were injured in the attack.