General Syed Asim Munir calls for immediate end to hostilities in Middle East, opening of humanitarian corridor to Gaza
Pakistan’s army chief urges international community to mobilize to put an end to ‘human tragedy’ unfolding in Palestine
ISLAMABAD: Army chief General Syed Asim Munir condemned Israel for its “unabated violence and indiscriminate killing” in Gaza on Tuesday during his meeting with the Palestinian ambassador to Pakistan, Ahmad Jawad Rabei, the army’s media wing said.
Munir’s meeting with the Palestinian ambassador takes place as Israel continues to pound Gaza with air strikes. On late Monday, the Israeli military said it was preparing for “unrelenting attacks” to dismantle Hamas in Gaza. Israel has killed at least 5,000 Palestinians since Oct. 7 in air strikes it says is in response to an attack launched by Hamas’s military wing two weeks ago.
During the meeting at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, Munir expressed condolences over the loss of Palestinian lives in Gaza, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
“COAS [chief of army staff] expressed grave concern over unabated violence and willful, indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians by the Israeli Defense Forces in the war,” the army’s media wing said. Munir said incessant attacks on Palestinian population, schools, hospitals, aid workers and the forced exodus of civilians were “manifest crimes” against humanity.
He called for an immediate end to hostilities in the Middle East, the...
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