Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday pushed for an “unconditional cease-fire” to cease lack of civilian life in Gaza, which is in dire states as a result of unabated Israeli bombardment and blockade.
“What unfolds in Gaza is a gross violation of any form of international law and any virtues that makes us human beings,” Fidan stated whereas addressing an emergency session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah.
Condemning the lack of civilian lives, Fidan stated Hamas assaults on Oct. 7 have been of an “unprecedented nature,” however Israel “had already been deepening the occupation and increasing the volatility on the ground.”
He stated “provocations” towards the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque, “settler terrorism” in West Bank and Jerusalem, and “inhumane blockade of Gaza” continued, regardless of Türkiye’s warnings and calls.
“Israel’s military response showed once again that by dehumanizing Palestinian people, it aims to normalize their sufferings.”
There is not any justification for subjecting over 2 million folks to “collective punishment,” he stated. “Nothing can excuse depriving Gazans of electricity, fuel, food and water and nothing can justify shelling homes, mosques and hospitals in utter cruelty, as we witnessed last night.”
At least 471 folks have been killed within the Israeli airstrike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital on Tuesday, in response to Palestinian officers within the besieged enclave. Israel, nonetheless, has denied accountability for the air raid.
Fidan stated the battle should be prevented from spreading. “This should be a wake-up call for all, especially in the West. In the scenario of tension escalating in a geographical manner, what happens in the region will definitely not stay in the region.”
Urgent humanitarian help ought to enter Gaza, he stated, including that “Türkiye already sent more than 80 tonnes of humanitarian assistance to al Arish Airport [in Egypt] and will continue providing more.”
There is a necessity for brand new strategies and narratives to finish the battle, Fidan stated.
“Today, all sides agree that the two-state resolution is the one truthful and lasting resolution to the query of Palestine. However, that’s not sufficient: We should materialize it.
“Israel should understand that broader regional plans, without having peace, first and foremost, with Palestinians did not and will not bring the security it desires.”
Muslim nations ought to act with “self-confidence” and problem the “hegemonic narrative” that has been imposed on them, he stated.
“It takes only wisdom, tact and leadership to avoid catastrophic risks; not dispatching huge warships to our region, which serve no purpose other than watching Israel bombing hospitals,” he added.
Reminding Türkiye’s proposal to place into motion a brand new assure mechanism for a peace within the area, Fidan stated: “Muslim nations from the area ought to guarantee survival and well-being of Palestinian folks and act as guarantors of an enduring peace.
“Such kind of a mechanism has the potential to create a zone of peace, security and stability, with Palestine at its center.”
“The Muslim world should take the bold decisions and relentlessly implement them in a gradual way until a sovereign, independent and contiguous state of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital, comes to life.”
Türkiye, beneath the management of President Erdogan, “strongly believes that it is in our hands to make a historic and lasting peace, out of this current crisis,” he stated.
Fidan urged the OIC member states to take all “feasible, effective diplomatic, legal, coercive” steps to cease the “occupying power’s Israel’s crimes against humanity.”
Gaza is experiencing a humanitarian disaster with no electrical energy, whereas water, meals, gas, and medical provides are working out.
The latest battle started on Oct. 7 when Hamas initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, a multi-pronged shock assault that included a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into Israel by land, sea, and air. It stated the incursion was in retaliation for the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and rising violence by Israeli settlers.
The Israeli army then launched Operation Swords of Iron towards Hamas targets within the Gaza Strip.
At least 3,478 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli assaults on Gaza, whereas the determine stands at greater than 1,400 folks in Israel.
Source: www.anews.com.tr