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  • Aboul Gheit receives head of the UN Truce Supervision Mission; condemns targeting of Gaza hospitals 13 November 2023
    Date: 13/11/2023

    ​Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, strongly condemned the deliberate targeting of hospitals in the Gaza Strip by Israeli occupation forces, notably Al-Shifa Hospital, the primary healthcare facility in the region. Mr. Aboul Gheit emphasised that such actions lack any regard for human conscience and constitute criminal acts under international humanitarian law, representing a blatant violation of established norms.

    Gamal Roshdy, the spokesperson for the Secretary-General, said that Mr. Aboul Gheit declared that the ruthless assaults on hospitals, where the sick and wounded seek refuge, must cease immediately. He held international entities accountable for permitting Israel to persist in an extralegal war, employing methods universally deemed unacceptable by any standard of human morality.
    In a separate development, Roshdy reported that the Secretary-General of the League hosted General Patrick Gochat, head of the United Nations Truce Supervision Mission, at the General Secretariat headquarters. The mission, established by a UN resolution in 1948, monitors armistice agreements between Israel and four Arab countries. Mr. Aboul Gheit received an evaluation from Gochat on the security situation and field-related issues across various fronts. Mr. Aboul Gheit, in response, underscored that the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the absence of an immediate ceasefire elevate the risk of security deterioration, potentially expanding the conflict to other fronts. He urged those involved in mitigating the conflict to promptly work towards achieving a sustainable ceasefire.


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