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Thursday, October 26, 2023
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Thursday, October 26, 2023
PA foreign minister says Israel waging ‘a war of revenge’ on Gaza
Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki addresses the United Nations Security Council at the United Nations Headquarters on October 24, 2023 in New York City.(David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFP)
The Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister calls Israel’s offensive in Gaza a “war of revenge,” as he called for a ceasefire in the conflict.
Israel vowed to destroy the Hamas terror group and began striking Gaza after the surprise Hamas attack on southern Israel that killed some 1,400 people, most of them civilians, and terrorists took at least 224 people hostage in Gaza.
“This time the war that Israel is waging is different. This time… it’s a war of revenge,” Riyad al-Maliki says in The Hague. “First we need to end this one-sided aggression and then we need to call for a ceasefire.”
