Jeddah (Web Desk): The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Saturday expressed its absolute rejection and condemnation of Israel, the occupying power’s calls for the forced displacement of the Palestinian people, and attempts to transfer the humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the Israeli occupation to neighboring countries.
“The OIC also strongly condemned the blockade of medical, relief supplies, and basic necessities to the Gaza Strip, considering this as collective punishment which is a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law,” a press statement issued from the OIC Secretariat, Jeddah said.
The organisation reiterated its call on the international community to urgently take effective measures to stop all forms of Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, which threatened to lead to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.
The OIC emphasized the necessity of establishing humanitarian corridors to provide essential aid to the Gaza Strip.
Separately, at the invitation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will be held on 18 October, at the General Secretariat headquarters in Jeddah Governorate, to address the escalating military situation in Gaza.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia currently chairs the current session of the Islamic Summit, a press statement of the OIC Secretariat in Jeddah said on Saturday.
“The Organization’s Executive Committee is convening an urgent open-ended extraordinary meeting at the ministerial level, to address the escalating military situation in Gaza and its environs as well as the deteriorating conditions that endanger the lives of civilians and the overall security and stability of the region,” it was said.
It is pertinent to mention that the number of martyred Palestinians has risen to over twenty-two hundred and over ninety-eight hundred have been injured in Israeli air attacks on Gaza and West Bank so far.
The number of people killed in Israel has reached thirteen hundred, with more than 3,000 wounded.
According to media reports, Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip for the eighth day in a row as the besieged Palestinian enclave faces a growing humanitarian catastrophe.
Israel had ordered 1.1 million people to move to southern Gaza within 24 hours, raising fears that an Israeli ground operation is imminent.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Gaza’s health system has reached breaking point and there is little time to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.
