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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) yesterday said Tuesday’s attack by Israeli forces on Al-Ahli Baptismal Hospital in Gaza was a war crime against humanity and a state-sponsored terrorism that deserves accountability and punishment.
The Secretary-General of the OIC, Hussein Ibrahim Taha, who spoke at the emergency meeting the body held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, described the attack as “horrific massacre”.
Taha held the Israeli occupation responsible for “the consequences of its terrorist acts and brutal aggression, which contradict all human values and constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.”
He reiterated his call to the international community, especially the United Nations Security Council, to urgently intervene to halt the war crimes committed by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip and provide international protection for Palestinians.
This is even as the OIC called on the international community to take a responsible stance to protect the Palestinians in Gaza amidst the raging war between Israel and Hamas.
It also sought aid for Gaza to prevent humanitarian crisis, urged the international community to create conditions for peace and stressed the necessity of establishing a Palestinian state.
The 57-member bloc of Muslim-majority countries denounced Israel’s backers for granting “impunity” in the war in Gaza.
A statement issued after the meeting said the OIC “deplores the international positions that back the brutal aggression against the Palestinian people, and grant Israel impunity, taking advantage of the double standards that provide cover for the occupying power”.
The OIC also condemned Israel for committing Gaza’s hospital massacre and emphasised the need to protect the Palestinian people.
A rocket strike had on Tuesday hit a Christian-run Ahli Arab Hospital in central Gaza City which killed about 500 Palestinians.
At the OIC meeting, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, was quoted by Ahramonline as saying that “The siege on Gaza must be lifted.”
