Overview
- The foreign ministers of the UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt issued a joint statement Thursday strongly condemning Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, citing attacks on medical facilities, civilian infrastructure and civilian deaths.
- The statement says continued strikes violate Israel’s obligations under international law and risk undermining the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict after President Trump announced on July 30 that Palestinian factions had accepted a second-phase roadmap with disarmament provisions.
- The ministers demanded immediate, safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid across Gaza and insisted that medical personnel and hospitals be protected as a legal obligation under international humanitarian law.
- They linked the Gaza strikes to settler attacks, illegal settlement expansion in the West Bank and unilateral moves in East Jerusalem, saying the combined actions aim to impose a fait accompli and erode the two-State solution.
- The group called on the international community, especially the U.N. Security Council, to take practical steps to compel compliance, protect civilians and hold those responsible to account while warning that failure to act could derail the political track and worsen the humanitarian crisis.