No Ghanaian has been caught up in the hostilities between Israel and Hamas, an Islamist political and military organisation, in the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has told parliament.
The Strip, a Palestinian territory under the occupation of Israel since 1967, has been under Israeli bombardment following the unprovoked attack on Southern Israel and areas north of Tel Aviv by Hamas, which is governing the Strip.
Briefing Parliament yesterday in Accra on the escalation of tensions and the plight of Ghanaians in the Middle East country, a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Mavis Nkansah Boadu, said all Ghanaians were safe in Israel. "Ghana, therefore, supports all international efforts geared at finding a just, peaceful, and lasting solution that will guarantee the right of the State of Israel to exist within secure and universally recognized boundaries, as well as the Palestinian people's legitimate right to self-determination and the establishment of a Palestinian State.
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