MALAYSIA CONDEMNS IN THE STRONGEST TERMS ATTACKS ON HOSPITALS BY ISRAEL IN THE BESIEGED GAZA STRIP
MALAYSIA CONDEMNS IN THE STRONGEST TERMS
ATTACKS ON HOSPITALS BY ISRAEL IN THE BESIEGED GAZA STRIP
Malaysia condemns in the strongest terms the storming of al-Shifa Medical Hospital and the attack on the Jordanian Field Hospital by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). Israel's continued assaults targeting civilians and health infrastructures are completely unacceptable and a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, specifically the Geneva Conventions of 1949.
The unjustified presence of IOF personnel in the hospitals poses an additional threat to those in urgent need of medical treatment and staff at these civilian facilities. Israel’s decision to storm these hospitals demonstrates blatant disregard of international pleas and humanitarian norms.
The international community has the obligation to ensure hospitals and other civilian infrastructures are protected and safe. Malaysia once again strongly urges the international community to demand that Israeli regime stop these dastardly and inhumane actions against the people of Palestine.
Malaysia stands firm in our principled position that the Palestinians deserve their own independent and sovereign state, based on the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its Capital.
PUTRAJAYA
16 November 2023