The Palestinian Foreign and Emigrants Ministry criticized in a statement the world’s failure to apply the norms of international and humanitarian law.

It also condemned ‘the continuation of the open and destructive war of occupation against our people in the Gaza Strip for the 28th consecutive day’.

Every hour of conflict causes more destruction, martyrs, wounded and displaced people, he warned.

The Foreign Ministry stressed that the entire infrastructure of the coastal enclave, including hospitals, were targeted by shelling, which it described as an ‘unprecedented war of genocide’.

We also strongly reject the attacks and crimes by Israeli settlers and security forces in the occupied West Bank, including in the East Jerusalem area, it stressed.

The Ministry denounced the pretext of self-defense used by the neighboring nation to unleash its military offensive against Gaza, where more than 9,000 people have been killed and 22,000 wounded.

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