Egypt condemned in the strongest terms Israel’s airstrike Tuesday on Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp that left hundreds of Palestinians dead or injured as a “flagrant violation of international law,” according to a statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The statement also described the strike as “inhumane.”
Egypt urged an immediate stop to these attacks, calling on all international parties to express their condemnation “categorically without ambiguity.”
The ministry said the attack further complicates the current crisis and portends dire and hardly avoidable consequences.
Egypt has warned of the consequences of such indiscriminate attacks that target civilians at shelters, medical centres and hospitals in which they are seeking refuge from Israeli bombardment, the statement noted.
Cairo also called for the international community to assume its responsibility to protect Palestinian civilians and ensure safe, complete, and sustainable access to humanitarian aid to alleviate their burden.
The Israeli airstrike targeted residential buildings in the Jabalia camp, located in the north of the strip, with six 2,000 lb bombs, killing or injuring around 400 people, according to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA).
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