The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas spoke on the phone on Saturday with French President Emmanuel Macron and dUS Secretary of State Anthony Blinken amid escalating tensions in the region.
“Abbas stressed that the current escalation in the region is the result of the political impasse, the failure to respect the Palestinian people’s legitimate right to self-determination and the establishment of its independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital, the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, their land and their holy places, as well as and the continued terrorism of Israeli settlers,” the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
Abbas has highlighted the silence of the international community, which has encouraged the Israeli occupation to commit more crimes, as seen in Gaza, the West Bank, including Jerusalem, where hundreds of Palestinian civilians lost their lives, thousands were injured and many were captured. the message says.
The Palestinian president also called on Macron to “urgently intervene to stop Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people by Israeli occupation forces and extremist settler groups”.
Abbas spoke separately to Blinken.
“I spoke with Palestinian Authority President Abbas to discuss the terrorist attacks against Israel,” Blinken wrote to X. “I called on all leaders in the region to condemn these horrific terrorist acts.”
Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on Saturday and said its surprise, multi-pronged attack was in response to the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and increased settler violence. He said he fired rockets and captured many Israelis.
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In turn The Israeli army launched Operation Iron Swords against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
At least 232 Palestinians were killed in the attacks, according to medical reports sources in Gaza, while Israeli authorities put the death toll of its citizens at 300.
2023-10-07 22:28:54
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