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The Sultanate of Oman expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the continued Israeli aggression targeting the camps for displaced people in Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
It called on the international community to assume urgent responsibilities by taking the necessary measures to stop the systematic and ongoing war crimes and genocide committed against the Palestinian people.
Israel carried out fresh strikes on Wednesday in the southern Gaza city of Rafah after the UN Security Council met to discuss a deadly attack that sparked a global outcry.
Despite mounting concern over the civilian toll of its war on Hamas, Israel has shown no sign of changing course, and international efforts aimed at securing a ceasefire remain stalled. AFP journalists in Rafah reported new strikes early Wednesday, hours after witnesses and a Palestinian security source said Israeli tanks had penetrated the heart of the city.
“People are currently inside their homes because Israeli drones are shooting at anyone who moves,” resident Abdel Khatib said.
“We have not seen them smash into Rafah,” said the US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. A civil defense official in Hamas-run Gaza said an Israeli strike on a displacement camp west of Rafah on Tuesday killed at least 21 people after a similar strike over the weekend sparked global outrage and prompted the emergency UN Security Council session. Israel’s army rejected allegations that it had carried out Tuesday’s strike in a designated humanitarian area.
Oman Observer
