LONDON: Saudi Arabia and Italy on Thursday “unequivocally rejected” the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, as Israel ramped up its bombardment of Gaza City.
“The principles of non-transfer and non-expulsion must be fully upheld,” they said in a statement posted by the Saudi Foreign Ministry on social media platform X.
Earlier, the Israeli military warned that an evacuation of Gaza City was “inevitable” amid an onslaught designed to destroy the remaining Hamas stronghold.
Families fled attacks in the city’s suburbs on Thursday, the latest displacements in a conflict that has already forced most of the 2 million people living in Gaza to flee at least once.
The joint declaration by Saudi Arabia and Italy came after talks in Rome between the Kingdom’s foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, and his Italian counterpart, Antonio Tajani.
