ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned the airstrikes by Israeli forces in Gaza Strip.
In a tweet, the prime minister said the martyrdom of 10 Palestinians, including a 5-year-old girl, in Gaza is the latest act of “Israeli terrorism”.
“If impunity & barbarism had a face, it would have been that of Israel, which has targeted Palestinians without any care for consequences,” he said, adding that Pakistan strongly condemns Israeli airstrikes.
Martyrdom of 10 Palestinians including 5-year-old girl in Gaza is latest act of Israeli terrorism.If impunity & barbarism had a face, it would have been that of Israel, which has targeted Palestinians without any care for consequences. Pakistan strongly condemns Israeli airstrikes
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) August 6, 2022
At least 10 people were killed including an Islamic Jihad commander and a young girl and 55 were wounded in a series of missile attacks throughout Gaza.
Taysir al-Jabari, a commander of the al-Quds Brigades, the military arm of the Islamic Jihad, died in an air raid on an apartment in the Palestine Tower in the centre of Gaza City, the group said.
The health ministry in Gaza said at least 10 people were killed including al-Jabari and a five-year-old girl. At least 55 people were wounded and being treated at hospitals as a result of the Israeli raids.
The five-year-old girl, Alaa Qaddoum, was killed in a missile attack along with her father while they rode a motorcycle to go shopping for groceries.
Smoke poured out of the seventh floor of the building in Gaza City. Civil defence teams rushed to the scene to evacuate people and put out a fire caused by the attack.
Multiple blasts could be heard and seen throughout Gaza. Israeli reconnaissance drones could be heard hovering over the besieged enclave. Attacks also struck the southern areas of Khan Younis and Rafah.
There have been global calls for de-escalation after Israel launches deadly air raids on Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
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