MUSCAT/RAFAH: Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidy, Foreign Minister, and Dr Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, reviewed the dire condition in Gaza Strip and the efforts exerted to stop the aggression of Israeli occupation military and security forces over Palestinian lands and its innocent people.
This came during a phone call between the two ministers.
The two ministers also underscored the importance of the Palestinian people’s resilience and rejecting any attempts to migrate them from their lands. They also underlined the urgent need to provide humanitarian, political and legal support for the Palestinian people in obtaining their legitimate rights as per the international law.
TRAGIC EVENTS
Sayyid Badr received a phone call from David Lammy, Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom (UK).
During the telephonic conversation, the two sides touched on the tragic events taking place as a result of the Israeli military and security escalation against the Palestinian territories and the Gaza Strip. They expressed deep concern over the ongoing escalation and continued killing of children and civilians, as well as the demolition of buildings and facilities.
The two sides stressed the need of de-escalation as an urgent priority and allow the flow of relief and humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. They also underscored the importance of refraining from targeting civilians and innocent people and spare them from further human suffering resulting from illegal military operations. The two sides reiterated the significance of forging a just political solution to the Palestinian cause based on the rules of international law.
Meanwhile, an aid convoy carrying desperately needed fuel entered Gaza on Sunday as Israel intensified strikes on the Palestinian enclave suffering a "catastrophic" humanitarian situation in the war.
More than 40 per cent of Gaza's housing has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN citing local authorities, and Israel has halted food, water, fuel and electricity supplies.
Sunday's 17-truck aid delivery through Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt was the second such operation in two days, after 20 lorries arrived on Saturday following negotiations and US pressure.
Journalists saw six trucks enter from stores in the crossing. A Palestinian official at the crossing confirmed the trucks were carrying fuel.
The United Nations estimates that about 100 trucks per day are required to meet the needs of 2.4 million Gazans given the "catastrophic" humanitarian situation.
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned fuel supplies would run out in three days.
"Without fuel, there will be no humanitarian assistance," Philippe Lazzarini said.
Israel has massed tens of thousands of troops around the enclave for an anticipated ground invasion.
Hamas said overnight raids on the Gaza Strip killed at least 80 people and destroyed more than 30 homes.
In central Gaza's Deir al-Balah, a journalist saw the bodies of children lie on the bloodied floor of a morgue.
Smoke billowed from sites across Gaza targeted by Israeli strikes.
Om Ahmad Abu Sanjar was sleeping in her Rafah home when she "woke up to the glass shattering on us and bricks falling. We got out miraculously," she said.
The scale of the bombing has left basic systems unable to function, with the UN reporting dozens of unidentified bodies were buried in a mass grave in Gaza City because cold storage had run out.
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