The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has this Friday expressed its firm rejection of the attack carried out by the Israeli Army against a hospital located in the south of the Gaza Strip, an action that has caused at least seven deaths and more than 25 injuries, as well as significant damage to the Naser Medical Complex.
In an official note, the organization’s Secretary General, Jasem Albudaiwi, has stressed that attacks against hospitals and health infrastructure "constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian law".
Thus, he recalled that what happened at the Naser Medical Complex adds to "the ongoing violations committed by Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip".
Albudaiwi warned that "endangering patients, the wounded and health personnel, as well as undermining the ability of health centers to provide their services, aggravates the suffering of the Palestinian people", and he emphasized that the succession of attacks requires a clear reaction from the international community in order to stop these violations and ensure that those responsible are brought to justice.
In this regard, the Gulf countries urged the international community to "assume its responsibilities and adopt effective measures to stop Israeli attacks and guarantee the protection of the civilian population" in Gaza, equally underscoring the need to facilitate access to humanitarian aid to the Strip.
For its part, the Israeli Army took responsibility for the attack and stated that the target were alleged members of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamás) who were in the facilities—an account that was immediately rejected by the Palestinian Islamist group, which accused Israeli forces of committing "a new war crime.