NAIROBI: The African Union chief Moussa Faki Mahamat has blamed Israel of a “war crime” following the deadly strike on a hospital in Gaza strip on Tuesday.
In a social media post on X, formerly twitter said no words can fully express African Union condemnation of Israel’s bombing of a Gaza hospital that killed hundreds of people.
He called upon the international community to act and stop Israel from communing brutality in Gaza.
There are no words to fully express our condemnation of Israel's bombing of a #Gaza hospital today, killing hundreds of people. Targeting a hospital, considered a safe haven under International Humanitarian Law, is a war crime. The International Community must act now.
— Moussa Faki Mahamat (@AUC_MoussaFaki) October 17, 2023
The brutal act of Israel has invited widespread condemnation from different states mainly Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran and other international forums.
Earlier, the health ministry in the Gaza Strip confirmed that at least 500 innocent Palestinian civilians, including women and children, were martyred in a brutal Israeli airstrike on al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.
The hospital, a place of refuge for thousands seeking medical treatment and shelter amidst relentless Israeli bombardment, targeting commercial buildings, schools, homes and civilian residences, was hit in what Gaza’s Hamas government described as a “war crime.”
The hospital, which was also sheltering people forcibly displaced from their homes due to Israeli airstrikes, was reduced to rubble. Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the head of pediatrics at the Kamal Adwan Hospital, condemned the attack, calling it “unconscionable.”
