Pakistan has strongly condemned the attack by Israeli forces on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon and said that the humanitarian situation caused by Israel’s siege of Gaza is a blot on human conscience, APP reports.

Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, at her weekly press briefing, unequivocally condemned the brutal and indiscriminate Israeli airstrikes on Beit Lahia, which resulted in the tragic loss of over 80 Palestinian lives, including women and children.

She said that targeting the densely populated residential areas without warning and collective punishment of civilians by depriving them of food, water and essential medicines constitute war crimes.

“Pakistan strongly condemns the deliberate and unlawful attacks by Israeli forces on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers. The peacekeepers must be able to fulfil their mission without fear of attack or obstruction,” she added.

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