The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries renewed their condemnation of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip holding Israel legally responsible for the ongoing attacks that targeted innocent civilians and resulted in the death of thousands of Gazan civilians, most of them were women and children, in a clear violation of international law and international humanitarian law.
This came in a statement delivered by HE the Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif A Thani, on behalf of the GCC countries, before the Security Council meeting on the item "Situation in the Middle East, Including the Palestinian Question."
Her Excellency explained that the GCC countries reject the Israeli measures that aim to displace the residents of Gaza and reject the justifications for describing the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip as self-defense.
They also call on the international community to take the necessary measures, within international law, to respond to the illegal practices of the Israeli government and its policy of collective punishment against the residents of Gaza, in addition to providing international protection for the brotherly Palestinian people.
