NEW YORK (WAFA) – Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, sent Tuesday identical letters to the UN Secretary-General, President of the UN Security Council (Russian Federation) and President of the General Assembly on the ongoing escalated Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in West Bank and Gaza.

Mansour underscored that many Palestinians were either killed or injured during Israeli bombardment on Gaza in the past two weeks, stressing that the escalation of Israeli aggression threatens to further destabilize the already-fragile situation on the ground, pulling the region into more violence, which, he said, requires the attention of the international community, particularly the UN security council’s attention, whose mission is to preserve international peace and security.

He said, as part of a collective punishment since the beginning of the Israeli military aggression in search of three allegedly abducted settlers, more than 575 Palestinians were arrested across the West Bank, while others were killed with Israeli live fire.

Meanwhile, Mansour expressed strong condemnation, on behalf of the Palestinian leadership, over Israel’s military aggression and its collective punishment against the Palestinians, calling upon the international community and the UN Secretary Council to put an end to Israel’s crimes and to hold it accountable.

He reiterated the urgency to promptly and completely lift the inhumane, illegal and immoral Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, stressing the need to ensure the protection of the Palestinian people who are under occupation, as well as to ensure respect for the law, including the fourth Geneva conventions.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency - WAFA