Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab
States, vehemently condemned Israel's killing in cold blood of seven
relief workers from the World Central Kitchen organisation in an air
strike on Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
Gamal Roshdy, the spokesman for the Secretary-General, said Mr.
Aboul Gheit stated that this massacre provides further evidence of the
reprehensible randomness characterising Israeli occupation operations in
the Gaza Strip. He emphasised that the seven aid workers were
mercilessly slain, mirroring the fate of countless other humanitarian
workers and tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians. These killings
were carried out with utter disregard for the laws of war and devoid of
any shred of conscience.
The spokesman added that approximately 200 relief workers were
killed since the onset of the brutal war on the Gaza Strip, with around
176 of them being from UNRWA. These staggering figures mark
unprecedented levels of casualties in any conflict of the twenty-first
century, representing a troubling regression to a time before the
adoption of international norms and laws that delineate between
civilians and military personnel during armed conflicts.
The spokesman elaborated that Mr. Aboul Gheit called for an
impartial international investigation into this incident, expressing
scepticism regarding the credibility of Israeli investigations. He cited
previous incidents where the crimes of the occupation army were
concealed, such as the targeting of journalist Sherine Abu Aqla in the
occupied West Bank.
Mr. Aboul Gheit stressed that tragic events like the killing of aid
workers dispel any doubts the international community may have about
the barbaric nature of Israel's military operations in the Gaza Strip.
These events serve as stark reminders that the immediate cessation of
hostilities and the full implementation of the latest Security Council
resolution are the only paths to preventing further massacres. In this
regard, it is not enough to simply call on Israel to comply with
collective international will; tangible action must be taken to exert
real pressure on the occupying forces. Such action is necessary to
compel a reevaluation of their calculations, which currently pose a
grave risk of escalating tensions throughout the entire region.
