The Palestinian resistance group Hamas welcomed on Saturday a landmark worldwide settlement reached in Colombia to impose sanctions on Israel over its ongoing damaging conflict on the Gaza Strip.
The deal was signed Wednesday throughout an emergency summit in Bogota, the place representatives from greater than 20 international locations gathered to coordinate a authorized and diplomatic response to what they described as Israel’s escalating violations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
In its assertion, Hamas stated the settlement lays out concrete steps-including halting arms transfers to Israel, reviewing bilateral treaties, and facilitating worldwide investigations into alleged conflict crimes-and praised it as a daring stance towards the siege and atrocities endured by Palestinians in Gaza.
“This is a living expression of global outrage at a time when the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached unbearable levels due to massacres, mass starvation, and the systematic denial of basic necessities,” the group stated.
Hamas urged the broader worldwide group to construct on the momentum and be a part of efforts to “isolate the occupation, expose its crimes, and enforce further sanctions to help stop the genocide and protect innocent civilians.”
The Bogota assembly was convened by the Hague Group-a authorized coalition of eight international locations (Colombia, South Africa, Bolivia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, and Senegal) shaped within the Netherlands earlier this 12 months to carry Israel accountable underneath worldwide regulation.
The summit additionally introduced collectively delegations from Türkiye, Brazil, Portugal, Algeria, Lebanon, Oman, Uruguay, Bangladesh, Chile, Djibouti, Indonesia, Nicaragua, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, together with Palestinian representatives.
According to Anadolu reporters on the assembly, the settlement obliges collaborating international locations to implement a variety of coordinated measures, most notably a complete ban on exporting or transferring weapons, ammunition, navy gasoline, and dual-use supplies to Israel.
It additionally contains restrictions on vessels suspected of transporting navy gear to Israel, comparable to denying them entry to nationwide ports or entry to logistical companies.
Rejecting worldwide requires a ceasefire, the Israeli military has pursued a brutal offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, killing almost 59,000 Palestinians, most of them ladies and youngsters.
The relentless bombardment has destroyed the enclave and led to meals shortages and a ramification of illness.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for conflict crimes and crimes towards humanity in Gaza.
Israel additionally faces a genocide case on the International Court of Justice for its conflict on the enclave.
Source: www.anews.com.tr