Permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad called on the UN Security Council to act now to end Israel’s “brutal and illegal war and the unconscionable suffering of the Palestinian people” on Tuesday, as he highlighted the plight of children in the besieged enclave, APP reports.

“The entire world is watching — in disbelief,” he told the 15-member body.

Speaking in a debate on the situation in the Middle East, he pointed out that civilians have “suffered the brunt of Israel’s war on Gaza”, saying nothing can justify the indiscriminate killings, the starvation of an entire population, the collective punishment of a besieged people.

“These actions are not only morally indefensible; they constitute grave breaches of international law, including the Geneva Conventions, and stand in flagrant violation of binding measures issued by the International Court of Justice.”

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