UN Security Council emergency meeting sought over Nuseirat attack
The office of Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa has confirmed that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is seeking an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council following Israel’s attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp that killed 210 people.
International intervention is needed to “address Israeli aggression” against Palestinian people and to enforce UN resolutions calling for an immediate ceasefire, the president’s office said in a post on social media.
President Abbas seeks an emerg. 🇺🇳 UNSC session following Israeli massacre in Nuseirat, which claimed the lives of 210 🇵🇸 & left numerous wounded; urging intl. intervention to address Israeli aggression against 🇵🇸 people and enforce resolutions 4 an immediate ceasefire.#Gaza pic.twitter.com/7PQKx4g40z
— PM of Palestine (@PalestinePMO) June 9, 2024
‘Heinous crime’: Kuwait condemns Israeli attack on Nuseirat camp
Kuwait has joined a chorus of voices denouncing Israel’s attack on the Nuseirat camp, which on Saturday killed at least 210 people and injured more than 400.
In a statement, the ministry called the attack a “heinous crime” that constitutes a “flagrant violation of international law”. It also called on the international community and UN Security Council to “shoulder their responsibilities in stopping that barbaric aggression” against Palestinians.
Israel’s deadly raid on Nuseirat camp barbaric: Turkey
Turkey has condemned the killing of 274 Palestinians in Israeli raid on Nuseirat refugee camp to rescue four captives.
“With this latest barbaric attack, Israel has added a new one to the list of war crimes it has committed in Gaza,” said the Foreign Ministry in Ankara.
Israeli military carried out heavy air strikes and artillery fire on the Nuseirat refugee camp killing 274 people and wounding nearly 700 people triggering a global condemnation and end to eight months of “bloodbath” in Gaza.
A Palestinian inspects the debris to buildings following an operation by Israeli special forces in the Nuseirat camp, Saturday
