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Published 17 Oct, 2023 05:21pm

FM Jilani takes hard line on Israel’s ‘genocide’ against Palestinians

Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani has slammed Israel for “committing a genocide” against Palestinians and said the grave situation stemmed from seven decades of illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Addressing a press conference on Sunday, the minister said Pakistan condemned the siege of Gaza as poor Palestinians were facing unabated aggression and were without water, food and power, which was a “severe human crisis”.

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