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African Union chief says Israeli response to Hamas massacre ‘inexcusable,’ will fuel extremism
The President of the Comoros and Chairperson of the African Union Azali Assoumani speaks during a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on November 20, 2023, during the G20 Compact with Africa conference. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
The African Union says Israel’s response to Hamas’s massacre last month was “inexcusable,” warning that civilian casualties would fuel further “extremism.”
“The acts (of Hamas) are reprehensible… but the response is inexcusable,” AU chairman Azali Assoumani tells a press conference in Berlin.
“Imagine a child who has seen his mother, who has seen his father killed… it creates extremism,” he says.
