PM strongly condemns Israel's aggression on unarmed Palestinians
Israel's cruelty on Gaza constitutes war crime, the statement issued by PM said.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday strongly condemned Israeli aggression on unarmed civilians of Gaza, Dunya News reported.
In a statement, Prime Minister said that Israel’s aggressive acts against unarmed civilians are a human rights violation, adding that Israel used force on unarmed civilians.
The statement said that Israel’s cruelty on Palestinians constitutes war crimes and that Israel’s violence on innocent Palestinians in Gaza is unacceptable.
Prime Minister said that people of Pakistan support formation of an independent Palestinian state, and that people of Pakistan are with people of Gaza.
Fifteen women and children were among 22 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza Wednesday, hiking the overall death toll to 43 in two days, the emergency services said.
More than 370 people have been wounded.
Among the dead was at least one militant, as well as nine children and six women, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP.
It was not immediately clear whether the other fatalities were civilians or militants.
In at least four of the strikes, the victims were all woman and children.
During the afternoon, a missile struck a house in Al-Maghazi, a beachside refugee camp near Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, killing a mother and her four children, Qudra said.
Earlier, another two women and four children died in a series of raids to the north and east of Gaza City.
