World Courant
MOSCOW
Russian International Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has expressed shock and sympathy over Sunday’s Israeli airstrike that triggered a fireplace and killed 45 folks within the southern Gazan metropolis of Rafah.
The assault occurred close to the logistics base of the UN Company for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Tal al-Sultan.
“For any regular particular person, this data (in regards to the assault), confirmed by the details and pictures, causes just one response – shock and sympathy,” Zakharova mentioned in response to a query by Anadolu throughout a press briefing in Moscow.
She wished swift restoration of all these injured and conveyed her condolences to the bereaved households, the Palestinian folks, and their management.
“It’s particularly regrettable that this tragedy occurred in a tent metropolis for refugees, a spot the place, based on the Israeli authorities, individuals who had been compelled to go away their properties might take shelter from the bombing, really feel secure, and escape the battle,” she pressured.
The spokeswoman regretted that the complete Gaza Strip had turn out to be an uninterrupted zone of peril, posing imminent threats to its inhabitants.
Zakharova attributed the tragedy to the Israeli facet’s disregard for a number of UN Safety Council and Normal Meeting resolutions, which referred to as for an instantaneous cessation of hostilities in Gaza and the institution of sturdy humanitarian entry to the enclave.
“On this regard, we name for the fast implementation of those resolutions, which might make sure the institution of a long-term cease-fire, present the required help to the residents of the Gaza Strip, and create situations for transferring efforts to resolve the battle to the political and diplomatic airplane,” she mentioned.
Israel has killed greater than 36,000 Palestinians within the Gaza Strip since a cross-border assault by Hamas on Oct. 7 final yr, which killed round 1,200 folks.
The army marketing campaign has turned a lot of the enclave of two.3 million folks into ruins, leaving most civilians homeless and vulnerable to famine.
The assault got here regardless of a ruling by the Worldwide Court docket of Justice that ordered Israel to halt its offensive in Rafah, the place over one million Palestinians had sought refuge from the battle earlier than it was invaded on Could 6.
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