According to Palestinian Civil Defence 31 Palestinians killed in attack on Dar Al-Arqam School on Thursday
ANKARA — Qatar on Friday condemned a deadly Israeli airstrike on a school, which shelters displaced people and a separate attack on a Saudi medical warehouse in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement, the Qatari Foreign Ministry stressed the “urgent need for the international community to act to hold Israel accountable for its repeated crimes against civilians and civilian infrastructure and to compel it to comply with international laws.”
The statement reaffirmed Qatar’s “firm and unwavering position in support of the Palestinian cause and the steadfastness of the Palestinian people, based on international legitimacy and the two-state solution.”
On Thursday evening, the Palestinian Civil Defense reported that 31 Palestinians were killed in the attack on Dar Al-Arqam School, including children and women. Six people remain missing, and dozens were injured.
An Israeli airstrike also targeted the Saudi medical warehouse in the Morag area in Rafah, destroying medical supplies that were intended to support the medical needs of those injured in Gaza, according to the Saudi Foreign Ministry.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday to escalate attacks on Gaza as efforts are underway to implement US President Donald Trump’s plan to displace Palestinians from the enclave.
More than 50,600 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in Israel’s military onslaught since October 2023, most of them women and children.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last November for Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave. — AA
