Egyptian FM says Gaza suffering is a ‘stain on the conscience of the international community’

Egypt’s foreign minister, on a visit to Greece, describes the international response to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza as shameful, and urges powerful Western nations to increase pressure on Israel.

“The international community should be ashamed of the tragic situation unfolding in Gaza and the devastating actions being carried out by Israel,” Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty tells reporters in Athens.

“What is unfolding is a human tragedy, and the suffering witnessed is a stain on the conscience of the international community,” he said.

The Egyptian minister describes Israel’s military campaign in the territory as a “systematic genocide,” but reiterates his government’s position that it “firmly rejects any displacement of the Palestinian people from their ancestral lands.”