Dhaka condemns attack on civilians in Gaza, Al Aqsa Mosque

 

Live Correspondent: Bangladesh has condemned the violent attack against civilians including women and children in Gaza and Al Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli forces which has invoked concern around the world.

In a statement issued on Monday, Bangladesh expressed deep concern and urged the international community to take sustained measures to end such kind of heinous attacks in the occupied territories, UNB reports.

"Bangladesh firmly supports the inalienable rights of the people of Palestine for a sovereign and independent homeland and reaffirms its position in favor of establishing an independent state of Palestine on the basis of a two-state solution," said a statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"fanatical Jewish groups," including Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir, stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque under police protection.

The ministry "strongly condemned" the Israeli attacks on civilians, as well as the attempts to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, calling them "provocative actions" that openly violate the status quo of the flashpoint area in occupied East Jerusalem.

It underlined that such actions would further fuel tensions in the region, calling on Tel Aviv not to allow such actions aimed at the status and spirituality of the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex.

Israeli warplanes continued airstrikes in the Gaza Strip for the third day on Sunday, for what the army said was to prevent an "imminent threat of attacks" by the Islamic Jihad group.

At least 31 Palestinians have been killed, including six children and four women, and over 275 others injured in the Israeli offensive, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

The attacks came amid rising tensions across Palestinian territories following the detention of Bassam al-Saadi, a senior leader of Islamic Jihad, in an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin early this week.

The Israeli army said the Gaza offensive may last for a week. But the head of Israel’s domestic intelligence service Shin Bet on Sunday recommended ending the Gaza offensive, saying the onslaught achieved its goals by dealing a heavy blow to the Islamic Jihad group.

Dhaka, 9 August(campuslive24.com)//BIT

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