GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) International officials have called on Israel to abide by the conditions of the ceasefire agreement it signed with the Palestinian resistance in Gaza.
At least 420 Palestinians have been killed and 560 injured as Israel launched a large-scale assault on Gaza at dawn Tuesday, breaking the fragile two-month ceasefire with Palestinian resistance.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed shock over the recent Israeli air strikes on Gaza that killed hundreds of Palestinians, including children and women.
In a statement, deputy spokesperson for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq said the UN chief strongly appealed for an immediate ceasefire, the restoration of unimpeded humanitarian assistance, and the release of the remaining captives.
For his part, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk stressed that the last 18 months of violence have made it “abundantly clear that there is no military path out of this crisis,” noting that the only way forward is a political settlement, in line with international law.
“Israel’s resort to yet more military force will only heap further misery upon a Palestinian population already suffering catastrophic conditions,” he said.
Along the same line, Head of the UN Human Rights Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Ajith Sunghay, described the resumption of Israeli bombardment as “tragic developments where we are hearing reports of hundreds being killed, many of them civilians.”
“We are again seeing the scenes of mutilated bodies of children, and bodies wrapped in shrouds. It is unacceptable, even unimaginable, to once again find ourselves talking about this instead of supporting a path towards meaningful recovery and sustainable peace.”
For her part, the head of emergencies at Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Claire Nicolet expressed outrage over the renewed Israeli attacks.
“We woke up at around 2 am local time to 20 minutes of airstrikes and heavy artillery—just like the past 15 months of war. We are appalled and outraged by these new unacceptable massacres of civilians,” said Nicolet.
The Israeli army pounded the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing more than 400 people and injuring hundreds, despite the ceasefire agreement.
Images emerging from Gaza showed that the majority of the victims were civilians, including women and children, whose homes were bombed during the night.
More than 48,500 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and over 112,000 others injured in a brutal Israeli military campaign in Gaza since October 2023.
