UNITED NATIONS: The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations on Tuesday (Oct 10) described Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip and vow to impose a complete siege on the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave as "nothing less than genocidal". Hamas militants carried out their
FILE PHOTO: Riyad H. Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations addresses the UN Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York City, on Feb 20, 2023. UNITED NATIONS: The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations on Tuesday described Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip and vow to impose a complete siege on the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave as"nothing less than genocidal".
Israel has retaliated with air strikes on Gaza that have razed entire districts as it prepares for a possible ground offensive."Such blatant dehumanisation and attempts to bomb a people into submission, to use starvation as a method of warfare, and to eradicate their national existence are nothing less than genocidal," Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour wrote in a letter to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, seen by Reuters.
Israel's UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan on Sunday accused Hamas of war crimes and said it was time to"obliterate Hamas terror infrastructure", as the 15-member UN Security Council met behind closed-doors on the conflict.We know it's a hassle to switch browsers but we want your experience with CNA to be fast, secure and the best it can possibly be.
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