UNGA president calls for peace on anniversary of Hamas attacks
Philemon Yang, the president of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, marked the one-year anniversary of the Hamas-led October 7 attacks on Israel and the start of Israel’s yearlong war on Gaza by calling for an “end the human suffering in the Middle East”.
“Let me again reiterate that the human suffering must end and it must end now. We need an immediate ceasefire, the immediate and unconditional release of all [captives] and a return to dialogue with a view to finding diplomatic solutions to the conflicts in the region,” the Cameroonian politician said.
Yang said no sustainable peace would be achieved militarily as he called for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
As we mark the one-year anniversary of the brutal attacks by Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, we need to end the human suffering in the Middle East, and we need to end it now.
We need the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.
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— UN GA President (@UN_PGA) October 7, 2024
Palestinian solidarity protests – Hundreds of thousands take to the streets in Karachi
Demonstrations in support of the Palestinian people took place around the world on Sunday, a day before the one-year mark of the start of Israel’s war on Gaza.
In Pakistan, organisers say hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Karachi demanding Israel end its war on the besieged enclave.
