Pakistan has called on the “backers of Israel to urge Israel to bring an end to the massacre of the Palestinian people, lift the inhumane siege and allow humanitarian assistance to all parts of Gaza.”

The comments were made by Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch at a weekly press briefing in Islamabad. Baloch noted that despite the adoption of a UNSC resolution calling for a ceasefire in Palestine, “the Israeli war on the people of Gaza continues unabated, and the Palestinian people continue to face starvation and genocide.

“The international community must redouble its efforts for a just and durable solution to the Palestine question, and for the creation of an independent, viable and sovereign Palestinian state along pre-June 1967 borders with al-Quds al-Sharif as its capital.”