An urgent meeting of the Arab League’s representatives was held in Cairo on Monday to discuss the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza as well as the ongoing conflict with Israel.
Roughly 85% of Gaza’s Palestinian population has been forced to leave their homes due to the conflict in order to seek safety from Israel’s ongoing attacks on the enclave under siege.
Mohamed Ait Ouali, Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the Arab League, underlined the necessity of increasing pressure on the international community to bring about a cease-fire.
“The aggravation of the humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip and the excess of targeting civilians questions the international community, especially the vital powers and the Security Council as the international mechanism responsible for maintaining security and stability in the world to take a binding decision of immediate and sustainable ceasefire and to allow the flow of international aid to the people in Gaza as an urgent priority,” said the Moroccan representative.
The Health Ministry in Gaza reports that over 25,000 Palestinians have died and over 60,000 have been injured as a result of Israel’s offensive.
According to UN officials, the fighting and Israeli restrictions in Gaza are causing one in four people to starve as they obstruct the delivery of essential humanitarian aid.
