Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said the Japanese government will refrain from assessing the legality of the Israeli Defense Forces’ actions in the Gaza Strip. His words at the press conference he held in Tokyo are quoted as follows: TASS.
“With regard to the actions of the Israeli army, we want to avoid assessing whether they are legal or not. Meanwhile all actions [вовлеченных сторон] The minister said it should be carried out within the framework of international humanitarian law.
In a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen on November 3, Kamikawa condemned the attack by the Palestinian radical movement Hamas and stated that a humanitarian pause was needed.
formerly diplomat statedHe stated that Japan is in favor of a rapid resolution of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement and the provision of necessary conditions for the implementation of humanitarian missions.
At the end of October, the Japanese government will evaluate the decision About freezing the assets of nine leaders of the Palestinian radical movement Hamas in order to prevent their financing.
7 October Hamas forces launched Several thousand rockets were fired at Israel and the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was announced. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords”; One of its goals was the destruction of Hamas.
Formerly in Hamas statedHe said the West had built an “unbreakable wall” between itself and the Arab world.