Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Israeli army's planned ground operation in the Gaza Strip could lead to genocide of the local population, the Arab League and the African Union said in a joint statement published on October 15.
| They have to spout such stupidities — it’s in the contract. |
“Israel’s ground operation will undoubtedly entail a large number of civilian casualties, including women and children, which could lead to unprecedented genocide,” said a statement adopted following a meeting between League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Union Commission head Musa Faqi Mahamata.
| Not if most of the civilians make their way to the southern end of the Gaza Strip, where the water is once again running, leaving only jihadis of various flavours to be crushed by the israeli juggernaut. |
The League and Union are calling for an immediate ceasefire in the sector and urgent humanitarian assistance to local residents to avoid the development of “a catastrophe that is happening right before our eyes,” the statement noted.
| No. They beheaded babies and tortured children, so now they get to reap the consequences. |
As Regnum reported, earlier the Prime Minister and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud , said that the Israeli army must stop the escalation of the conflict, lift the blockade on the Gaza Strip and stop military operations that are taking the lives of civilians.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, in turn, noted that if the Israeli army does not stop striking residents of the Gaza Strip, the scale of the conflict may expand.
| Oh dear. How dreadful that would be for those in Israel’s crosshairs, to be sure. |
He called for the collective mobilization of Islamic countries "to end the Zionist regime's war crimes against the people of Gaza."
The leaders of the EU countries, in their joint statement, previously condemned Hamas for taking hostages and called for their release, expressed their readiness to provide humanitarian assistance to the residents of the Gaza Strip and declared recognition of Israel's right to self-defense, emphasizing that the rights of civilians must be respected. At the same time, they called for the resumption of the “Middle East peace process” and its conduct on the principles of “two states” (Israel and Palestine).
| Later, perhaps. At the moment Israel is otherwise occupied. |
Russian President Vladimir Putin previously noted that in order to resolve the situation in Israel, it is necessary to implement the UN decision on the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state.
| Ah. It’ll be a while, then. |
It is important to prevent the conflict from expanding; Russia is ready to contribute to resolving the situation and calls on others to also seek a compromise, the president said. The one-sided position of the United States has led the Palestinian-Israeli settlement to a dead end, Vladimir Putin emphasized.
The military conflict in Israel escalated on October 7. The radical Palestinian movement Hamas carried out a rocket attack on Israeli territory, and several settlements were captured.
| A little more happened than that... |
Israel launched retaliatory strikes on the Gaza Strip, regaining control over the cities. The parties continue to exchange blows; Israel has blocked the supply of water and electricity to Gaza. Israeli authorities announced a ground operation in the sector. In addition, Syrian authorities said that the Israeli army shelled the airports of Aleppo and Damascus, and Israeli authorities reported strikes on Hezbollah bases in Lebanon.
A ground operation in the Gaza Strip is unprofitable for Israel, but it also cannot refuse to carry it out, Andrei Zeltyn, a senior lecturer at the HSE School of Oriental Studies, said in an interview with a Regnum correspondent. An operation in a densely populated region will lead to numerous casualties and condemnation of Israel’s actions, and refusal from it will be a demonstration of Israel’s weakness, as a result of which other groups, following Hamas, may attack its territory, the expert noted.
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