ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Friday called on the international community to intervene urgently in response to what it described as “continued violations” by Israeli forces and settlers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and across the Occupied West Bank, saying the sanctity of the holy sites and the rights of the Palestinian people were under imminent threat.
The statement comes as Israeli forces killed two Palestinian teenagers during an overnight raid on a town near Ramallah in the West Bank, as violence surges in the territory with a growing number of dead.
While an October 10 ceasefire has largely ended the war in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group, the West Bank is experiencing increasing violence. Palestinians have faced tightening military restrictions over the past two years, curbing their freedom of movement. Attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers have also escalated.
“We strongly condemn this continuing violation by the Israeli occupying forces and extremist settlers against the Palestinian people, including repeated storming of the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque and provocation against worshippers,” FO Spokesman Tahir Andrabi said in a weekly briefing.
