Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, condemned in the strongest terms the brutal Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip, which left hundreds dead and wounded, most of them women and children. He considered the resumption of the massacre in Gaza to be an inhuman act and a challenge to the international will that supported the ceasefire.
Gamal Roshdy, the Secretary-General's spokesman, quoted Mr. Aboul Gheit as asserting that the leaders of the Israeli occupation are waging an internal battle at the expense of the blood of children and women in Gaza. They are risking the lives of Israeli hostages in the Strip, and they are disregarding the ceasefire agreement, which was supposed to enter its second phase these days.
Mr. Aboul Gheit stressed the need for the international community to speak out loudly to stop this massacre targeting a people under siege and denied medical and humanitarian aid in an unprecedented campaign of starvation, systematic killing, and ethnic cleansing.
Mr. Aboul Gheit called on the international community to pressure Israel to immediately halt military operations and return to ceasefire negotiations in order to reach a comprehensive agreement that would include a prisoner exchange and a definitive end to the war.
