“Chile strongly condemns and notes with deep concern that these military operations – which at this point in their development entail collective punishment of the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza – “disrespect the fundamental norms of international law”the government said in a statement.
The Chilean government emphasized that this “is demonstrated by the more than eight thousand civilian casualties, mainly women and children.”
In addition, they reiterated the South American country’s call from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for an “immediate end to hostilities”.
More than 8,300 people have been killed and more than 21,000 injured in Israel’s bombing of Gaza since October 7 last year, when it was attacked by the Islamist Hamas militia, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
He Israeli army bombed the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing at least 145 people.
The victims include the Israeli army there would be Ibrahim Biari, commander of Hamas’s Central Jabaliya Battalion and who was one of the commanders responsible for the attack on Israel, which left at least 1,400 dead and more than 200 Israelis kidnapped by the militia.
The Chilean government also asked to “redouble efforts to achieve a ceasefire in hostilities, the protection and protection of innocent civilians and the urgent access of humanitarian aid” in Gaza, while demanding the “immediate” release of the kidnapped by Hamas.
Source: El heraldo
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