Islamabad (TDI): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday strongly condemned Israel’s move for obstructing the operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The prime minister, who is presently on a two-day official visit to Saudi Arabia to attend the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, posted on his X timeline that by preventing critical relief assistance from reaching millions of helpless Palestinians, Israel was committing yet another blatant violation of international humanitarian law and the UN Charter.
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He urged the international community to hold Israel accountable for such violations.
The prime minister, in his address at the FII moot on Tuesday had said that the global dream of progress and prosperity would never be fulfilled and transformed into action unless peace was restored in Gaza and bloodshed immediately stopped over there.
Israel’s parliament has approved bills banning the UN body activities in the occupied areas.
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Millions of Palestinians rely on UNRWA providing food , shelter, and lifesaving medicines among medical supplies to the war affected civilians.
