Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki on Sunday accused Israel of Offense for a whole week When Gaza urged international pressure at a UN Security Council meeting.

“Some people may not want to use these words-war crimes and crimes against humanity-but they know they are real,” al-Maliki said at a virtual conference on the crisis on Sunday.

He also reiterated Israel’s angry accusations, accusing Tel Aviv of implementing a “apartheid” policy against Palestinians.

“Take immediate action to end the aggression. Act now so that freedom can prevail, not apartheid.” He told the Security Council.

since Violence broke out On Monday, at least 188 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip, including 55 children. More than 1,200 people were injured. In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces killed at least 13 Palestinians.

Israel reported that Hamas and other Palestinian groups fired thousands of missiles from Gaza, killing 10 people, including two children, many of which were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system.

Al-Maliki is part of the Palestinian Authority, not a member of the Hamas group that controls the Gaza Strip and launches rockets at Israel. The organization expressed regret over Israel’s death, but urged the Security Council to review the balance of power.

Israel is an occupying power. Circumstances without any assessment of this basic fact are biased. “Al-Maliki said.

“Israel always says to put itself in our shoes. But Israel doesn’t wear shoes. It wears military boots.”

Israel slams Hamas

Gilad Erdan, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, also carried out a deliberate attack on the Hamas rocket attack, which blew up the Hamas rocket against Israel.

Erdan said: “This was completely premeditated by Hamas in order to gain political power.”

He said that after Palestinian Authority President Abbas postponed the long-awaited election, tensions in Hamas escalated due to political exercises within Palestine.

When 14-year-old Amer Quneibi was questioned by the Israeli authorities for throwing stones at settlers in Hebron, his family could not stand by his side.

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Hamas said that the rocket fired at Israel was in response to the Israeli army’s repeated elevation of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem earlier this month because of the tensions that forced the action. Deportation of Palestinian families Make way for Israeli settlers in the city.

“Do you really believe that this property dispute is the cause of Hamas’s massive attacks on the Israeli people?” Erdan said.

He thanked the United States for postponing the United Nations meeting and called on the United Nations to condemn Hamas.

“Hamas targets civilians; Israel targets terrorists.” Erdan said.

“Israel has done everything possible to avoid civilian casualties; Hamas has done everything possible to increase civilian casualties.”

“Shocking”

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for an immediate ceasefire. In his speech at the Security Council, he said that the hostilities between the two parties were “shocking” and urged them to “allow mediation efforts to strengthen and succeed.”

The diplomat said that the UN Security Council held two private meetings last week on the worsening violence, but so far, because the United States-Israel’s strong ally-believes that this will not help, it has not yet reached a public statement. consensus.

China regrets that the United States has blocked the UN Security Council’s statement on Israeli-Palestinian violence because it urges the international community to make greater efforts to stop the bloodshed.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said: “We call on the United States to shoulder its responsibilities, take a fair stand, and work with the majority of the international community to support the Security Council to ease the situation.” May.

The United States told the UN Security Council that it has made it clear to Israel, the Palestinians and other countries that it is “prepared to provide support while all parties seek a ceasefire.”

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas Greenfield said at the 15-member Security Council: “The United States has been working tirelessly through diplomatic channels to try to end this conflict.”

“Because we believe that Israelis and Palestinians have the same right to live in safety and security.”

The UN Special Envoy for the Middle East, Tor Wennesland, urged the international community to “take immediate action so that the parties can get out of their predicament.”

So far, the armistice efforts of Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations show no signs of progress.

Military doctors said that the Israeli air strike on Gaza City razed to the ground on Sunday, destroyed three buildings and killed at least 42 people. This was the deadliest attack in seven days of fierce fighting.

The United States has sent a special envoy to the region to ease the escalation of tensions, but critics say that President Joe Biden underestimated the severity of the crisis. Joe Biden (called Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Chairman Abbas on Saturday).

“This is an area that the United States and the United Nations have traditionally negotiated… But given that this issue has been on the agenda of the United Nations for more than 70 years, and no progress has been made… China is very happy to convene the United States here. The United Nations”, Peninsula Kristen Saloomey of the TV station reports from the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

“Sadly, at this stage, the reality seems to be that the Security Council has no way forward here.”