Palestine renewed its call for international action to halt Israeli military activity in the Gaza Strip and address the threat “posed by Israel to international peace and security,” Anadolu reports

It was made in letters sent by Palestine’s envoy to the UN, Riyad Mansour, to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, US General Assembly President Dennis Francis and the President of the Security Council for August, Sierra Leone.

Mansour reiterated calls to the international community, particularly the Security Council and General Assembly, to take immediate action to hold Israel accountable for its crimes and achieve justice for the Palestinian people.

Mansour said Israel’s actions are “against the Palestinian people, especially in Gaza, violate all prohibitions outlined in the Genocide Convention, committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and other occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, on an unprecedented scale that shocks human conscience.”

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