RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Thursday condemned continued Israeli violations in the region, including its attacks on the Gaza Strip and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Israeli troops stationed in southern Syria a day earlier.
“The Kingdom calls on the international community to assume its responsibility to stop Israeli violations of all international laws and agreements, especially the recent ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.
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The statement comes after two Israeli strikes in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis early Thursday that killed five people, raising the death toll from airstrikes in the territory to 33 within 12 hours. These attacks were among the deadliest since a US-brokered ceasefire took effect on October 10.
The statement also stressed the importance of “stopping Israeli violations of Syrian territorial sovereignty and adhering to the 1974 Agreement on Disengagement between Israel and Syria in a way that preserves the security and stability of the region, and guarantees the sovereignty and unity of Syrian territory.”
Netanyahu on Wednesday visited Israeli troops stationed in a buffer zone inside Syria. He was accompanied by Defence Minister Israel Katz, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, military chief Eyal Zamir, Shin Bet director David Zini, and Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter.
