ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister (FM) of Pakistan Jalil Abbas Jilani strongly condemned Israel’s horrific attack on a hospital in Gaza on Wednesday, which killed hundreds of Palestinians.
In a post on the social media platform X, he said Israel’s heinous attack on a Baptist hospital in Gaza is not an act of self-defense.
Let us be very clear. The heinous attack on a baptist hospital in Gaza by Israel is not an act of self-defense. It violates international humanitarian law and targeted innocent children, women, doctors, medical personnel, and displaced civilians seeking shelter.
— Jalil Abbas Jilani (@JalilJilani) October 18, 2023
The act, according to the foreign minister, was a violation of international humanitarian law because it targeted innocent children, women, doctors, medical staff, and displaced people seeking refuge.
The health ministry in the Gaza Strip had 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.
