Norway appalled by ongoing Israel attacks on Gaza

Palestinians examine the heavily damaged buildings and collect remaining belongings from the rubble of heavily damaged houses after the Israeli attacks on Maghazi Refugee Camp, located in the central part of Gaza, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on July 15, 2024 [Abed Rahim Khatib – Anadolu Agency]

Norway, on Monday, said it was appalled by the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza, Anadolu Agency reports.

“Appalled by continued attacks in Gaza, including in Khan Yunis, a designated ‘safe zone’ where Palestinians were told to seek refuge,” Norway’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

On 13 July, an Israeli attack on a humanitarian safe zone near the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis killed at least 90 people and wounded many more.

Flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since a 7 October, 2023 attack by Hamas.

Nearly 38,600 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and around 88,900 injured, according to local health authorities.

More than nine months into the Israeli onslaught, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.

Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered it to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on 6 May.

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