RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has condemned the Israeli escalation in the occupied Palestinian territories, including strikes on shelters for displaced civilians in Gaza.
The foreign ministry in a statement on Friday denounced the continued targeting of unarmed civilians and their shelters, and the killing of dozens, including the targeting of Dar Al-Arqam School that shelters the displaced in Gaza.
Saudi Arabia also condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ targeting and destruction of a warehouse owned by the Saudi Center for Culture and Heritage in the Morag area, east of Rafah, along with the medical supplies it stored, which were intended to assist the sick and injured in the Gaza Strip.
The ministry stated that the absence of international accountability mechanisms to deter Israeli violence and destruction has allowed the Israeli occupation authorities and forces to continue violating international law and international humanitarian law.
It added that the continued lack of international accountability mechanisms exacerbates Israeli aggression and violations, threatening regional and international security and stability.
Saudi Arabia reaffirmed the critical importance of Security Council members assuming their role in ending the tragedy experienced by the brotherly Palestinian people.
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At least 25 people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a school in Gaza, which had been serving as a shelter for people displaced by the ongoing Israeli war on the Palestinian territory, Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Thursday.
The attack targeted Dar al-Arqam School in the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood, northeast of Gaza City, on Thursday, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency.
Mahmud Bassal, a spokesman for the agency, confirmed that more than 100 others were wounded in the strike.
Since October 7, 2023, many displaced Palestinians have sought refuge in schools and other facilities as they flee the violence.
The Gaza Health Ministry reported that since Israel resumed large-scale airstrikes on March 18, 1,249 Palestinians have been killed, bringing the total death toll since the start of the war to 50,609.
