South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the international community should force Israel to abandon its demands for Gazans to leave their homes. On the social network X (formerly Twitter), he noted that it was necessary to ensure the stabilization of the situation in Palestine.
“We call on the international community, the UN and all relevant international organizations to ensure the return of peace to Palestine and to ensure that Israel abandons its demand that the people of Gaza leave their homes. Ultimately, this could lead to genocide. Nearly half a million Palestinians have already been displaced. This It is the most dangerous and tragic event in the history of the Palestinian people,” Ramaphosa wrote.
He added that South Africa is in favor of opening a humanitarian corridor in Gaza, especially to provide food and water to the people of the region.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. Against this background, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that the country was at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords” and one of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. The Israeli Air Force attacked hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli National Security Council decided to cut off water, food, goods, electricity and fuel supplies to the Strip. Israel told the UN on October 13 that 1.1 million Palestinians should be evacuated to southern Gaza 24 hours before the ground operation in Gaza.
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